Key Highlights
- During a press conference, investigators called the father-and-son gunmen, ages 24 and 50, "cowards" who hunted Jewish Australians "in broad daylight." Fifteen people were killed and more than two dozen were injured in the shootings, which police are now formally describing as an ISIS-inspired terrorist attack. New South Wales Police confirmed the younger attacker’s vehicle contained IED’s and two homemade ISIS flags, evidence authorities said points directly to extremist inspiration and an apparent intent to carry out a larger, coordinated assault.
- Forensic teams are still conducting ballistic and chemical examinations of the items.
- "This was a barbaric attack against Jewish Australians," Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said.
- "They were hunted down in broad daylight." JOHN FETTERMAN BREAKS WITH DEMOCRATS, SLAMS PARTY’S PALESTINIAN STATEHOOD STANCE AS ‘ABSOLUTE BETRAYAL’ Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon stand behind NSW Premier Chris Minns as he speaks during a press conference at NSW Police headquarters, following a deadly shooting incident during a Jewish holiday celebration at Bondi Beach, in Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.
- (REUTERS/Hollie Adams) Authorities said they are still working to determine whether the devices were functional or intended for secondary targets.
