Bondi shooting as it happened: 15 victims confirmed dead following massacre, PM to strengthen gun laws

The mother of Naveed Akram, one of the two alleged gunmen involved in the horrific Bondi Beach terror attack, has broken her silence, revealing what her son said to her before the deadly shooting.

Naveed, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, 50, have been identified as the two men who allegedly opened fire at Bondi Junction in a terror attack targeting Jews.

The mother, Verna, who appeared shocked by the horrific mass shooting, said her son, the alleged gunman who is still alive, is a “good boy”.

Verna says her son told her he was on a weekend away in Jervis Bay on the NSW coast when she last spoke to him on Sunday morning.

“He rings me up and said, ‘Mum, I just went for a swim. I went scuba diving’,” Verna said, according to the SMH.

She claimed he also said: “We’re going … to eat now, and then this morning, and we’re going to stay home now because it’s very hot.

“Anyone would wish to have a son like my son … he’s a good boy.”

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Multiple weapons and improvised explosive devices were used to carry out one of the most horrific terrorist attacks in Australian history. This is what we know about the weapons used to target Jews.

One of the two gunmen who opened fire on Australians at Bondi Beach on Sunday night held a gun licence.

NSW Police say he held that gun license for around 10 years, stating that before Sunday, there had been no other incident.

On Monday, authorities confirmed one of the gunmen was legally is possession of six guns.

However, despite that lack of other offences, on Sunday, the man was able to use legally acquired guns to target Jewish Australians celebrating Hanukkah by the beachside, killing 16 people.

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NSW Health has provided an update on the surviving victims of the Bondi Beach terror attack, with 40 patients being cared for at hospitals across Sydney.

Sixteen people lost their lives after two gunmen opened fire at the beach on Sunday evening as hundreds of people gathered there for an event to celebrate the first day of Hanukkah.

Two of those 16 people — a 10-year-old girl and a 40-year-old man – were rushed to hospital but tragically died overnight.

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited the scene of the Bondi Beach massacre and the Bondi Police Station to lay flowers and pay tribute to the lives lost.

At least 16 people have died after two gunmen shot at a Jewish event. Among the dead is believed to be a 10-year-old, with the oldest victim aged 87.

The PM paused for a moment after laying flowers and spoke with officers at the scene.

Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal said the Bondi shooting was an attack on the Jews of Australia and an attack on Australia.

“As the Prime Minister said and as the premier said, this is a time for us now to come together and to embrace the Jewish community,” she told ABC radio.

“But we need more than embracing we need to understand that this pure evil is anti-Semitism. It’s not random thoughts, it’s true anti-Semitism, which is the Australia that we cannot accept.

“We have to do things about this.”

Ms Segal delivered a report on combatting anti-Semitism to the Government in July.

She said there had beens ome progress made on that blueprint but that she now wanted to see politicians and leaders “approach that with new energy”.

Ms Segal anticipated the Government’s initial response would be to strengthen security for Jewish institutions and community places, but that that alone wasn’t enough.

“We need to tackle that. We need to understand that that is not part of the Australia that we want for the future.”

Locals have described eerie scenes at the world famous Bondi Beach on the morning after a mass shooting claimed the lives of 16 people.

Many remain at the scene, helping to clean up the thousands of items left behind as people ran for their lives.

Phones, wallets, and entire bags have been left behind as people ran from the shots being fired into crowds at North Bondi on Sunday night.

“People have literally just got up and run for their lives,” local Holly Harris told NewsWire as she picked up belongings.

Another local, Cameron Sargent, said he had handed in five phones to lifeguards by 6am after arriving in the dark for the clean up.

“It’s just devastating, it’s such a dark day for Sydney,” he said.

Former Liberal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has called for accountability from the Albanese Government after at least 16 people were killed in a massacre at Bondi Beach on Sunday evening.

“In our own country, we have leaders who have failed their first and most fundamental duty to protect the safety of their citizens, and now we have a massacre at one of Australia’s iconic sites, Bondi Beach,” he told Sky News.

“The news coming through by the hour of children losing their lives, of parents losing their lives, of Holocaust survivors, losing their lives. Who is going to be accountable for this?

“Who is going to take personal responsibility for this?

“It starts with our Prime Minister, and it goes down through his ministers and everybody who is in a position of responsibility who has failed in their public duty to protect our citizens.”

Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Alex Ryvchin has expressed his concern for the Australian Jewish Community saying they’re no longer safe in Australia.

Mr Ryvchin has told Sky News that antisemitism in Australia had reached an “urgent security situation” which had reached “a crisis of a new magnitude”.

He was critical of the Australian Government for not acting on a “blueprint” which the Jewish community had delivered earlier in 2025. It comes as recommendations remain unactioned from the Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism.

“We’re not safe. If Jews get slaughtered on Bondi Beach and body bags are piling up at this place, we’re not safe,” he said.

“There is evil among us, and if we don’t rip it out by the root.... we’re going to go down a darker and darker path.”

Former Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has condemned the attack on Australia’s Jewish community, calling the act of terror a “tragedy of unimaginable proportions.”

Mr Frydenberg says the attack was “all too predictable” and questioned why leaders have not listened to intelligence warnings of the dangerous rise in antisemitism.

“The massacre we have seen at one of our nation’s most iconic landmarks is the culmination of an unprecedented failure of leadership to heed the warning signs that were so obvious to every Australian who opened their eyes,” he wrote in a statement shared on X.

“The last two years have been a tsunami of hate that has left the local Jewish community feeling abandoned and alone.”

Mr Frydenberg also blasted Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for failing to make Australia safe for Jews.

“Everything must now change from here. Everything must be on the table. The law must be enforced,” he wrote.