UPDATE: Australia: 16 Now Confirmed Killed, 29 Injured in Terror Attack on Sydney’s Jewish Festival
Brave bystander wrestles gun from the terrorist.
At least 12 people were killed and 29 others seriously injured when a group of terrorists opened fire at a Jewish festival in Sydney, Australia.
“Police say at least 12 people have been killed in a shooting near a Jewish gathering at Sydney’s Bondi Beach,” the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) reported. “One shooter was killed, while another is in custody.”
The victims include a Holocaust survivor and a 10- year-old girl. “Those who died are yet to be formally identified but police believe their ages range between 10 and 87-years-old,” The Guardian reported.
The attackers were later identified as a father-and-son duo, aged around 50 and 24. “One of the alleged shooters in the deadly attacks at Bondi Beach in Sydney was Naveed Akram, a man from the city’s south-west, according to a senior law enforcement official,” the ABC (Australia) disclosed late night Sunday.
The full #bondibeach video. pic.twitter.com/TEmD5WIReT
— Abhijit Majumder (@abhijitmajumder) December 14, 2025
On Sunday evening local time, more than a thousand people had gathered to celebrate the Hanukkah festival at a children’s playground near Sydney’s iconic Bondi Beach when the attack took place. “We know that there were many people there to celebrate a happy occasion — the celebration of Hanukkah. And there was well over 1,000 people there when this took place,” the regional police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, said.
The deadly incident is the latest in a series of terror attacks targeting Australia’s tiny Jewish population. “Officials declared the shooting a terrorist event and said the attack was “designed to target” Jewish people. An event to mark the first day of Hanukkah was taking place on Bondi Beach on Sunday,” NBC News reported.
The Australian HERO who took down one of the terrorists who murdered 12 and injured dozens more at a Hanukkah event in Bondi Beach has been identified as 43 year old father of 2 and Sydney resident, Ahmad Al Ahmed.
Ahmad risked his own life tackling the terrorist and disarmed… pic.twitter.com/F2snNdPI6Q
— Emily Schrader – אמילי שריידר امیلی شریدر (@emilykschrader) December 14, 2025
Further carnage was averted when a courageous bystander wrestled the gun from one of the attackers. The terrorist is seen leaving the scene, The Guardian (UK) reports:
Video of the scene shows the alleged gunman standing on a footpath between a grassy area and parking lot holding a shotgun and firing into the distance.
The bystander, who is crouching behind a parked car, rushes towards the alleged gunman as he fires. He leaps on to the alleged gunman and wrestles the shotgun from his hands.
The video shows the alleged gunman falling to the ground before the bystander points the shotgun at him as the alleged gunman backs away.
As the alleged gunman retreats, the bystander gently places the shotgun against a tree and puts his hand in the air.
Incredible heroism and tragedy at Bondi Beach.
An Australian man walked up from behind the terrorist and disarmed him.
He then showed incredible restraint in not blasting him, only for the shooter to walk away and grab another rifle on the bridge.
One man then left from the… pic.twitter.com/3AdUFSBdKJ
— Billboard Chris 🌎 (@BillboardChris) December 14, 2025
Since October 7, 2023, antisemitic and anti-Israel demonstrations have been staged in Sydney and across Australia. Demonstrators in the city make no secret of their genocidal hatred of the Jews. Just days after the October 7 massacre, they were heard chanting ‘Gas the Jews’ outside Sydney’s Opera House. Today, those threats were followed by the actual killing of Jews on the streets of Sydney.
This is what global intifada is about. #bondibeach https://t.co/6pjaWqp35P
— Fed Up (@VulpesBite) December 14, 2025
UPDATE: 4:15 PM EST: The death toll has risen from 12 to 16. The headline has been edited to reflect.
BREAKING: The casualties from the Bondi Beach antisemitic shooting have risen to 16.
May their memories be a blessing 💔
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Gunman 1 after a trip off the bridge c ones back but is hit bad enough to go down. #2 Gunman stays on bridge, switches to a 2nd weapon ( shotgun?) And after fire is coming from both sides at him eventually gets hit but not bad enough to get on his feet and puts hands up in surrender.
Very good video
The supposed “hero” is a Maronite Syrian Christian.
Not so heroic as his restraint in not shooting the terrorist allowed him to access another rifle and continue killing Jews.
All the guns we’re legally owned and registered to the father
No, he is NOT. Whoever told you that is a liar and you should never trust anything from that source ever again.
He is a Moslem. His father’s name is Mohammed, a name Christians never take.
His name is Ahmad al Ahmed. Docduracoat is right
No, Docduracoat is WRONG. You must have lost track of who said what.
Docduracoat claimed Ahmad al Ahmed is a Christian, and that is wrong. He is a Moslem, and his father’s name is Mohammed. You will not find any Christians with that name.
Not so heroic as his restraint in not shooting the terrorist allowed him to access another rifle and continue killing Jews.
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don’t give a damn regards his religious beliefs–he risked his own life to disarm one of the shooters–from the video available, he did so in the direct line of fire of the guy on the bridge–he overpowered the shooter by sheer strength and determination–at least he held to the trinity–disarmed the shooter and did not get shot himself–what he did after he gained control of the weapon, right or wrong, was his call only–impressed by his courage and resolve
If the hero that disarmed one of the shooters and then shot the terrorist, under Australian law, would the hero have been charged with using a weapon to inflict bodily harm to another?
To ask the question is to answer it; Australia has gone completely INGSOC.
Knowing the gross disregard their political leaders have for their citizens, he may still be charged. And there will soon be the calls for everyone to respect and not blame Islam. Because of course, Islam is a religion of peace.
I think there is an old saying, “a problem properly identified is half solved.” It appears in most of these attacks the identified problem is known. It’s time for people to be warned in general; trained to use defensive weapons. AND, stop being “kind” to people who want you dead.
WAKE up – we don’t need governments going squishy on this. Our enemy has stated his/her goal – take over, caliphate worldwide and non-believers removed.
THIS DOES NOT mean all are bad but their culture and belief indicate even “nice” ones may well be forced to do evil
“It’s time for people to be warned in general; trained to use defensive weapons. AND, stop being “kind” to people who want you dead.”
Christmas is coming.
Tackling a guy with a shotgun was an incredible act of heroism. I can’t help but wonder how the presence of armed Citizens might have mitigated the number of deaths/injured and perhaps even deterred any attack, though given the location in a ‘children’s park’ the anti firearm goons would likely have declared it to be a ‘gun free zone’. Given that Australia itself is largely a gun free zone at least in terms of any ordinary Citizens carrying and this attack occurred despite their anti firearm policies maybe some will figure out that people determined to commit acts of violence/terror don’t care about laws.
Perhaps someone could find out that despite Australia’s anti-firearms policies how this group of Arab Antifa terrorists was able to arm themselves, transport said weapons to a public park, and then start shooting into a crowd of Jews celebrating in the park resulting in 12 dead and 29 seriously injured. And then hold all those accountable and responsible for the deaths and injuries that occurred from their failures to enforce the laws regarding firearms.
Laws are for the law abiding. Many laws are to inconvenience the law abiding. “Gun control” laws are an example.
Another is having to produce identification and sign the Mommy May I book to buy allergy meds and anti-histamines even though the meth makers went on to different ingredients ages ago.
“Perhaps someone could find out that despite Australia’s anti-firearms policies how this group of Arab Antifa terrorists was able to arm themselves”
AK47s have replaced packing peanuts inside routine shipments of illegal drugs.
According to the news reports, the father legally owned several guns.
Yup, the “authorities” decided he was not a threat and allowed them to have guns.
Unlike in the US, where citizens get that sort of presumption of innocence UNTIL they cause trouble, Australian citizens do not,
And now their reaction is, of course, to make Australia’s gun laws even more draconian, in the vain hope that this will somehow prevent something like this from ever happening again. They never learn, because their real aim is control, not safety.
Well , one of ‘em was a very easy target. Watch this…..
https://x.com/MyLordBebo/status/2000234172993187909
Good point, and it would seem to me that the people there have a dire need to be armed, as I have read several accounts of this where there were several armed officers there at the time, and not a single one of them tried to shoot back, they were reported as ‘frozen in place’ and did exactly nothing to stop the attack. Willing to bet that if just a few of the people there were armed, they would have fought back with a quickness and put a quick end to this.
Most mass shootings occur in ‘gun free’ zones. If some whacko decides to target a particular group of people to kill as many of X group as possible they’re naturally gonna be drawn to areas where little to no resistance from that group can be offered up to thwart their evil plan.
I read that the officers weren’t armed.
Plus, they were wimmin.
There are US states that would have charged him with murder if he had shot the terrorist! Many state laws say that if he does not pose life threatening actions and you are not in fear of your life, you cannot employ deadly force or you will be charged. There are crazy people everywhere including here!
Crazy people here = democrat politicians and their enablers.
True and when people know and understand that the folks in charge of their State/County/City would rather prosecute a person who finds themselves the victim of violence but responds with force than the perpetrators who initiated violence… they should consider pulling up stakes and moving somewhere sane. If not, they are funding their own destruction via multiple levels of taxation/fees and enabling the demise by contributing economically to their benefit of their oppressors.
I’m pretty sure all states’ laws say that. If the guy was no longer a threat, then in no state would it have been lawful to shoot him. Not even Texas, where you can shoot a fleeing thief.
But he was a threat. He went and got another gun. Plus there were bombs at the site.
Yes, but he wasn’t an immediate threat, so in no US state would one be justified in shooting him.
What if you’re in fear for the lives of people around you?
answer: most probably
kudos to the guy that disarmed one of the shooters–courage in the moment–and discipline not to waste the momentarily defenseless shooter–took some serious self-control–he doubtless saved a few lives
condolences to the victims
He deserves nothing but praise.
But blasting the guy was the right move. That would have saved more lives. Restrain is not always the best choice.
Restrain is not always the best choice.
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agree–but australia not in the us–aussies have some squirrelly firearms/use of lethal force laws–have some family there
I sympathize with you but he could not have known what he was going to do and if he had killed him no Australian judge would have given him the benefit of the doubt.
If not blasted at least smacked him hard on his knees (or head) with the butt end of the shotgun ,
Absolutely should have blasted him. He killed multiple people and had a large bag that could have easily held more firearms, explosives or any number of other weapons.
Another day and another muslim acting in furtherance of his prophet’s commands.
Even in this article, the obvious is obscured. Why? We can freely observe that the victims are Jewish and are observing Hanukkah. Only an idiot would expect the attacker *not* to be a muslim.
Islam is evil incarnate. It’s well past time to recognize that clear fact and protect ourselves from its adherents.
Another “Aloha Snackbar” moment, praising the pedophile prophet!
These days, you never know who the attacker will be. If you notice the updates, it was a Muslim man who disarmed one of the shooters. We have the left wing and a concerning number of people on the right who spout antisemitism proudly and openly.
He’s not a Moslem
Yes, he is, and only complete idiots believe otherwise.
What about the hero? He was Moslem too.
(One of them, that is. Two people tackled the shooter; Ahmad al Ahmed, and Reuven Morrison. Morrison was killed.)
Hi Millhouse, there are suggestions here that the hero is a Coptic christian from Syria who has been here since the 1990s.
Those “suggestions” all come from certifiable lunatics such as Laura Loomer. There are no such suggestions from anyone credible. His family and everyone who knows him confirm that he’s Moslem, and the mere fact that his father’s name is Mohammed should be enough to prove it. Do you think there are any Arab Christians who give their children that name?!
Maronite
A Maronite Christian not a Moslem
No, he is not. There was NEVER EVER ANY CREDIBLE CLAIM that he was. The ONLY claims of this kind were from people you should already know not to trust. It’s just the same as that absolutely ridiculous “Edward Crabtree” story that you probably fell for too. Seriously, how do some people find their way out of bed in the morning?
Isn’t there some aphorism about who will have guns when guns are banned?
10 minutes…. a repeat of Port Moresby shooting…. When minutes count, the police are unprepared to do anything but document the crime. Australia has let the jihadists into the country…just as the US and Europe. It’s Islam, not gun control, that is the issue. Disarming everyone to attempt to thwart terrorism is an instant loser.
Having fought the terrorist and gotten his obvious gun doesn’t mean he was safe….as he could still be armed. These laws protect the guilty in such blatant abuses. Years back a whole neighbor in England was cordoned off after a single 22 long rifle cartridge was found on the street.
“10 minutes…. a repeat of Port Moresby shooting….”
Well, then, they’ll just have to ban guns AGAIN!
s/Port Moresby/Port Arthur/
Port Moresby is not in Australia. It’s the capital of PNG.
People still believe that Islam is not at war with the civilized world.
Arm yourself. Get training. Be prepared.
Sage advice.
I’m braced for more insanity when some Aussie lefty pol says, “The solution to situations like these is to import more Muslims.”
One of life’s constants: No matter when in time, no matter where in the world, find Muslims, find trouble.
The solution is to import more Moslems like Ahmad al Ahmed, and fewer like Sajid and Naveed Akram.
I’ve watched debates on Youtube in GB where half the audience boos when a negative thing is said about Islam. These aren’t MEeners, they are British! I fear we will face the same moronic group here when it is openly debated. The
To be fair though we should avoid being seduced by the leftist wokiesta arguments of group/tribe being more important than evaluation of the individual. Once we buy into validating the elevation of the importance of group membership over individual merit then we’re cooked. That’s not to say we can’t make distinctions re the degree of cultural compatibility of some groups, the need/requirement for assimilation to Western civic values/norms and length of time, efforts to achieve that state. If that means a particular group is ‘resistant’ to true assimilation and becoming truly loyal residents/Citizens who’ve abandoned the culture of their origin and adopted the norms of their new Nation… then suspending immigration for those groups and demanding more vigorous efforts at assimilation for those already present while ruthlessly deporting those who will not do so is very much warranted.
Yes. Don’t forget there are three Moslems in this story; two bad guys and one good guy.
Agreed ; it shows you the power of not stereotyping people. Something I would like the Muslim community to reflect on.
I thought there was some rumor the HERO was a Coptic Christian. Has that been confirmed/denied?
Rumors are not facts. They’re not even probable facts. And yes, this rumor was a DELIBERATE LIE made up by either Laura Loomer or some lunatic like her. Ahmed Fateh al Ahmed is a Moslem from Idlib, Syria, whose father’s name is Mohammed Fateh al Ahmed.
Brits have always had a love affair with Isam. Just ask Peter O’Toole.
“These aren’t MEeners, they are British!”
“It was always the women, and above all the young ones, who were the most bigoted adherents of the Party, the swallowers of slogans, the amateur spies and nosers-out of unorthodoxy.” –1984
My one observation would be: They have it so easy when nobody is shooting back.
Australians have ben encouraging this kind of massacre for years, coddling violent slogans like globalize the intifada as a form of “resistance”, allowing and supporting huge violent demonstrations and endorsing the non-state of Palestine while cutting off support to Israel. So they have done it; they’ve globalized the intifada on their hipster beach at a children’s playground. Does Palestine feel anymore real and “free free” to you now? Of course one of the terrorsts is a Pakistani Muslim student, Naveed Akram. Big shocker, right? I’m sure in the days that follow Australia will make sure to mention islamaphobia and antisemitism in the same breath though as if they are equivalent concepts and there is terrorism on “both sides.” Haven’t seen any Jews shooting up a Ramadan dinner lately have you? or chanting for death to congregants entering a mosque? Any giant protests run by Jews calling for death to Muslims? or college “encampments” blocking Muslims from going to class and getting an education? Are Muslim teachers forced to lock themselves in a classroom while students go on a hunt for them? Are Muslim soccer fans banned from attending an event in England because they are “hooligans?” But sure it’s a both sides issue. I know have had two Jewish holidays this year in which I woke up to the news of terrorist attacks on my community. I’d say I have islamaphobia: the completely natural and rationale fear of Muslims.
Australians have not been encouraging this type of behaviour.
Our voting system is deeply flawed and has allowed a federal govt. to be installed on less than 35% of the national vote.
I live 1500 miles north of Sydney and let me tell you, if those arseholes had tried this near where I live, they both would not have survived.
Not all guns were taken.
Time to vote out your awful government then
Yes it is
I live in Canberra, ACT for 3 years in the early 2010’s while I worked for the US military, and I loved it. Dont’ get me wrong Aussie people are great and I love the “have a go mentality” of the whole country. But I did notice antisemitsim even back then. I had multiple coworkers who accused me of being a Mossad agent and several who assumed I was cheap and penny pinching. I can recall a few run ins I had having to explain that no Jews do not use blood in our Passover ceremony and no we did not kill Jesus. I chalked most of that up to the fact that almost no one there had ever met a Jew let alone interacted with a real live American Jew. Most of their experience with Jews was from Seinfeld re-runs. And again I remind people that while several of the actors on that show are Jewish their characters were not Jewish. It was more a portrait of selfish yuppie new yorkers, but I digress (I miss the 1990’s when Jews were cool). On the whole, I loved living in Oz, good people, great quality of life. But Australia does have an atisemtism problem its the kindof porblem when old world stereotypes meet new world political correctness and DEI. No one wants to call out Muslims on their obvious in your face antisemetism because of their fera of being branded an islamaphobee or a bigot. And since their hate mirrors the echos of old fashioned Jewish stereotypes some of it resonates anyway. The Austraila I loved was rebellious, suspicious of authority and fiercly self-sufficient. I hope to see that side of their culture again versus this cowed DEI version.
The voting system is not flawed. On the contrary, it’s one of the best and most reliable in the world. It’s an unfortunate fact that the ALP got more than 55% of the two-party-preferred vote. More than 55% of voters said that given the choice between being represented by someone from the ALP or from the Coalition, they preferred the ALP. They were delusional, but that was their choice.
That some of them might have preferred someone even farther to the left is irrelevant; whomever their first choice was turned out not to be a realistic choice, and they explicitly indicated that if it came down to the two major parties they wanted the ALP.
It’s bloody flawed. How to vote fliers tend to follow them rather than think. We have become complacent through years of peace, but now that the alp are placing more and more restrictions n freedom there may hopefully be an awakening.
It is not flawed at all. There’s nothing wrong with following a “how to vote” card, if you support the party that produced it and want to follow its suggestions. But you have the choice not to. In almost no other country do you have any such choice.
In the USA, the UK, Canada, and many other countries you are forced to vote for a candidate you DON’T support, for fear that an even worse candidate will be elected. But in Oz you can safely vote for the best candidate rather than the second-worst, because you get a second choice, and a third, and as many more as you like, so you can put the second-worst candidate second-last and be sure that your vote will not help the worst candidate win.
ALP voters seem to like having their freedom restricted.
Lets see how quickly Australia does nothing about its Islam problem and takes shotguns away from law abiding subjects (they are not citizens in Australia)
That was already done years ago. Now Victoria has also banned machetes. Of course the results have been exactly what you would expect.
But Australians are citizens.
Machetes have been used by African immigrant youth gangs iin Melbourne to rob and attack rivals. The reaction by Victorian police and the state govt. there has been pathetic.
Well, yes. The reaction was to ban the tool rather than do anything about those who use it for criminal purposes. It was never going to stop with guns. And if the USA ever goes down that road it will end up in the same place. Thank God for the Bill of Rights, and courts that are finally willing to enforce it.
The “Religion of Peace”, at it again. Savages.
Barbarians
That’s an Islam problem, not an antisemitism problem. They kill everybody.
They targeted a hannukah party genius; that’s called antisemitism. And yes it’s a Muslim problem and one many non Muslims enjoy supporting as well.
Well if the muslims ever run out of Jews to kill they’ll start on Christians (or Hindus if they are Pakis), We’ve seen this in countries where there are few to 0 Jews such as Iraq, Egypt, Lebanon, Nigeria, etc….
Once they’ve eradicated everyone but muslims they’ll start on each other. See once you adhere to a radical sect you can only abide your radical sect. Any others need to be eradicated too. Just not first.
Are we officially at The Motive May Never Be Known (TM) stage yet?
Don’t leave out Lone Wolves(R) .
Yes, our useless govt. is saying that already.
Australians are like virtually any other Western society: Jew haters. They will only start caring when Some Of Their Own get massacred wholesale. (Do they have Christmas Markets?)
Historically? Sure. In Europe today? Yep. In elite, progressive circles of the USA? Probably so. I’d wager the average person in the USA doesn’t spend much if any time thinking about Jews one way or the other, at least down South and likely most everywhere in ‘fly over country’ outside the coastal mega metropolitan Cities.
Bullshit, we are not jew haters.
Australia has a long, long history of low-level dislike for Jews. Not enough to produce violence, but palpably there.
For one instance out of many, look at the nature of the opposition to Sir Isaac Isaac’s appointment as Governor General in the 1930s. Or the fact that Jewish immigration after WW2 had to be approved in secret, because it could never have been approved openly.
It is long past time for all western nations — if they possessed the balls, gumption and desire for self-preservation — to ban all Muslim immigration, period.
Why should goose-stepping, hate-filled, Jew-hating, Christian-hating, Hindu-hating and Buddhist-hating supremacists, totalitarians, terrorists and subversives be welcomed to any western, democratic state. This is suicide.
Probably worth noting that in the follow-up thread on X from that tweet, the resident who disarmed the terrorist is actually named Edward Crabtree, not the muslim name given by the twitter user. (https://www.thedailyaus.world/edward-crabtree-bondi-hero)
The Daily Mail identifies him as Ahmed, but says he was identified by his family as the guy wrestling the gun away, so I’m going to wait for the authorities’ version.
That’s not accurate.
From the AP story (https://apnews.com/article/australia-shooting-sydney-bondi-beach-31f711f09f677d0f88091ece25f651c1)
“Minns called the man, identified by relatives to Australian media as fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, a “genuine hero.”” (emphasis mine)
I wouldn’t put it past some folks, of any persuasion, to try and make themselves or their group look good to the media, whether or not it’s true.
I’ll wait to see what finally comes out about the guy who had the canons to tackle an armed psycho.
Yes, it does seem that the Daily Aus is likely fake, but I’m not going to put total faith in “reported by relatives” when they are from a group who are taught that lying to the infidel is a good thing.
I’d love to see muslims who dont want all non-believers dead, but they tend to be few and far between.
“The Daily” is a fake site. The domain was registered on Dec 14, 2025, purportedly by someone in Reykjavik.
Another clear sign that the story is bullshit is this quote: “The attack began at approximately 2:47pm on Saturday when a lone gunman opened fire on the crowded Bondi Beach promenade.”
Of course it didn’t take place on a Saturday afternoon. Not only was Saturday not Chanukah, but even if it were there is no way a public menorah lighting would have been taking place on the Sabbath, or for that matter in the middle of any afternoon.
The first night of Chanukah was Sunday night, the event was advertised as beginning at 5:00 pm, and the lighting was to have taken place shortly before sunset, which was at 8:02 pm; the shooting started about at 6:47 pm.
Times of Israel is reporting that the police waited 20 mins to start shooting back.
Easily within the new bar set by Uvalde.
In the first video, by Marjunder, at 0:22 a police vehicle can be seen passing by the shooters. Why didn’t the police stop and engage the shooters?
The Muslim way, show bravery by going after innocents.
Or show actual bravery, by going after one of the gunmen. Two people tried that; Reuven Morrison and Ahmed al Ahmed.
This is fake news.
Has to be.
Everyone knows that mass shootings only happen in the US.
And that Australia banned and confiscated most guns years ago.
Absolutely couldn’t have happened.
Crap…I think I forgot the sarcasm tag again.
Further reading would support the middle eastern name, but now I’m also seeing that he is a Maronite Christian from Lebanon.
That seems to be more BS, just like the “Crabtree” story.
Here’s something posted on Whatsapp by Rabbi Moshe Gutnick, one of Sydney’s most senior rabbis:
On Sunday evening there was also a similar community celebration in Melbourne, at Caulfield racecourse. When it became clear what was happening in Sydney, the Melbourne event was canceled, and everyone was asked to go home, just in case there was some sort of coordinated plot to attack both events.
The terrorists got them to self-censor.
The terrorists won.
And, of course, the Australian government’s response is to promise even more draconian restrictions on guns. Because if what you’re doing has failed so miserably, obviously the answer is to do more of it.