At least twelve people have lost their lives in the terrorist attack, as described by the Australian Prime Minister, during the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah, on Sydney's Bondi Beach. 

According to the information so far, among the dead is one of the two perpetrators of the massacre, while a police officer is also reportedly injured. According to the latest update from the New South Wales authorities, the official number of injured, at the moment, stands at 29, while there are fears that the death toll will rise further. 

The incident took place at approximately 6:30 pm on Sunday (local time). Videos circulating online show scenes of chaos, with dozens of people on Bodai Beach fleeing as gunshots and police sirens are heard.

      

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Other videos show two men dressed in black shooting near the beach car park. Witnesses told Australia's Skynews that the attackers were carrying large, black guns and chaos broke out with everyone running around like crazy.

Sky and ABC television networks broadcast videos showing people lying on the ground.

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One of the video documents circulating on the internet records the moment a man attacks one of the two perpetrators, managing to disarm him.

The perpetrator walks away, while the citizen-hero does not shoot him, as he does not want to take the law into his own hands, as a witness characteristically reported on television cameras.

      

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One perpetrator identified

According to the information so far, one perpetrator is dead, the second seriously injured, while authorities are examining the possible involvement of a third person.

According to Australian media reports, one of the gunmen was identified as Naveed Akram from Pakistan who lived in Bonnyrigg, southwest of Sydney.

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According to a police official, authorities raided Akram's home in Bonnyrigg.

According to Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon, a vehicle was located on Campbell Parade in Bondi, believed to contain several improvised explosive devices.

An explosive device disposal unit has rushed to the scene.

Herzog: Pathetic terrorists

This is a targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah, which should be a day of joy, a celebration of faith. [The attack is] an act of viciousness, anti-Semitism, terrorism that strikes at the heart of our country, said Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at noon on Sunday.

An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian. There is no place for this hatred, violence and terrorism in our country. Let me be clear: we will eradicate it, said Anthony Albanese.

As Prime Minister, on behalf of all Australians, I say to the Jewish community: we stand with you. We embrace you and affirm tonight that you have every right to be proud of who you are and what you believe.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog denounced a brutal attack on Jews and called on Australia to take more steps to address anti-Semitism.

"Right now our sisters and brothers in Sydney have been attacked by despicable terrorists in a very brutal attack on Jews who had gone to light the first candle for Hanukkah on Bondi Beach," Herzog said during an event in Jerusalem.

For his part, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar expressed his dismay at the attack.

These are the results of anti-Semitic violence on the streets of Australia over the past two years, with anti-Semitic and inflammatory calls for a “Globalization of the Intifada” becoming a reality today, Saar stressed.

"If we were deliberately targeted in this way, it's an event on a scale that none of us could have imagined. It's horrific," Alex Rivchin, a senior official at the Executive Council of Australian Jews, told Sky News earlier. He also added that his communications adviser was injured in the attack.

Australian authorities have not officially confirmed that the attack was specifically targeted at the Jewish community, but Robert Gregory, head of the Executive Council of Australian Jews, spoke of a completely predictable tragedy.

The Australian government, under Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, had received repeated warnings but failed to take sufficient measures to protect the Jewish community, Gregory complained to AFP.