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Two students are dead and at least nine others are injured after a gunman fired into a classroom at a prestigious Ivy League university in Rhode Island and appeared to walk off campus without a trace.
Saturday’s mass shooting at Brown University in Providence forced campus buildings and parts of the city into lockdown, with students barricading themselves in buildings for hours while hundreds of law enforcement officers swarmed the city.
The suspect appeared to have escaped before police arrived and — except for one brief surveillance video showing a person dressed in black rounding a corner outside the campus — all but disappeared.
More than 400 law enforcement officers — many from surrounding communities and some from the federal government — descended on the city to join the manhunt while others cleared university buildings and evacuated students.
Officials ordered residents to shelter in place as sirens flashed throughout the neighborhood. Students hid under desks, while bride and groom were forced to shelter at their wedding venue, according to WPRI.
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More than 400 law enforcement officers descended on Brown University’s campus after a mass shooter killed two people and injured at least nine others December 13 (AP)
A gunman fired into a final exam review session for a Principles of Economics class, according to economics professor Rachel Friedberg. The classroom was on the ground floor of an engineering building on campus and appears no other classrooms or buildings were targeted, according to officials.
Chang-heng Chien, 32, a PhD student at the university, told the Providence Journal that he and three others were working in a lab when they received a text from the school that an active shooting was underway approximately one block away.
Chien and other students locked the lab doors, turned off the lights, and hid under their desks for approximately two hours until police arrived and evacuated them from the building, he said.
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Eight hours after the shooting, authorities released video they said shows a suspect walking away from the scene, though the person’s face is not visible (via REUTERS)
Max McCord, a Brown University junior, told The Washington Post that his girlfriend — another student at the school — told him her brother had been shot through his thigh.
She called him at 4:15 p.m. ET to tell him about her brother’s injury, he said. The student said her brother had been studying in the engineering building when the suspect began shooting.
McCord, who is from Pittsburgh, said his girlfriend’s brother was in the hospital but was recovering well.
He said that while he was talking to his girlfriend, his roommate burst into their room, winded, after running when he heard gun shots.
The young men were in lockdown for hours after the shooting.
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Law enforcement officers escorted students near the Barus & Holley engineering building at the Brown University campus December 13 (AFP via Getty Images)
Across Providence, the Providence Place Mall shut its doors early, as did some nearby nightclubs and bars. Police gathered outside the AMP music venue to protect a Goose rock concert, and the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, who are set to play the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon, were forced to shelter in a downtown hotel.
Back at Brown, two students had to re-live some of the most horrific events they had ever experienced.
Mia Tretta, a junior at Brown University, was wounded in a school shooting at her high school in Santa Clarita, California, in 2019, she told NBC News.
She was on campus when she received a flood of text messages and alerts about an active shooter on campus.
“No one in this country even assumes it’s going to happen to them,” she told the outlet. “Once it happens to you, you assume or are told it will never happen again. And obviously that is not the case.”
She said her community at Brown is “in shambles” after the attack.
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Providence Mayor Brett Smiley and other officials faced a barrage of questions asking how there could be so little information about the suspect hours after the attack (Getty Images)
Zoe Weissman, 20, is a sophomore at Brown University. She survived the 2018 mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where 17 people were killed and another 18 were injured.
She told MS NOW that she is “really angry that this is happening to me all over again.”
“And I’m just in shock,” she said.
After she survived the 2019 attack, “I have not been the same person I was that day ever again, and I assume it won’t be any different for the students at Brown,” she said.
There have been at least 154 incidents of gunfire at schools in the United States so far this year, according to gun safety advocacy group Everytown. At least 49 people have been killed and 135 injured in the attacks.
“Students on college campuses should be preparing for final exams and winter break — not enduring yet another all too familiar tragedy caused by gun violence,” Everytown president John Feinblatt said in a statement. “While we await details, one thing is clear: today’s shooting at Brown University is another unacceptable reminder of our nation’s gun violence crisis. We either take action, or we bury more of our kids.”
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Students held hands as they sought shelter during extensive lockdowns on Brown’s campus and nearby buildings (REUTERS)
While students hid or scrambled to a Providence reunification site, the shooter remained somewhere in the dark.
Across three evening press briefings, reporters peppered officials, asking how there could be so little information about the suspect nearly four, seven and eight hours after the attack.
Asked whether officials believed the shooter was still in the area, Mayor Brett Smiley told reporters “we don’t know.”
In a video released late Saturday night, a suspect can be seen dressed in all black walking away from the engineering building and turning a corner before disappearing off-frame. There is no gun in the photo, and the shooter’s face is not visible.
“We know there is no clear shot of the face,” Mayor Smiley said.
Law enforcement and local officials asked residents in the area to check their doorbell and exterior cameras for any sign of the shooter, or to call in any tips, no matter how small.
After the shooting, President Donald Trump offered his condolence to the victims.
“I’ve been fully briefed on the Brown University situation, what a terrible thing it is, and all we can do right now is pray for the victims and for those that were very badly hurt it looks like,” Trump told reporters as he returned to the White House. “We’ll inform you later as to what’s happening, but it’s a shame,”
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At least 11 people have been killed and more than two dozen wounded in a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, Australian officials said, adding that one of the suspected attackers was killed while another one was in critical condition.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said on Sunday, 29 people were injured, including two police officers, in what he declared a “terrorist incident”.
The shooting occurred at about 6:47pm (07:47 GMT) near the Bondi Pavilion during a Hanukkah celebration attended by more than 1,000 people, Lanyon said.
“I’ve also authorised special powers under Section 5 and Section 6 to ensure that if there is a third offender – and we are currently investigating that at the moment – we will make sure that we prevent any further activity. Section 6 allows us to investigate today’s incident,” he said.
In a televised news conference, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the deadly shooting a “targeted attack on Jewish Australians on the first day of Hanukkah”.
Albanese said the “evil” that was unleashed at Bondi Beach is “beyond comprehension”.
“An attack on Jewish Australians is an attack on every Australian, and every Australian tonight will be – like me – devastated by this attack on our way of life.”
One of the world’s most famous beaches, Bondi is typically crowded with locals and tourists, especially on warm weekend evenings.
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Australia had the ‘gold standard’ on gun control. The Bondi beach terror attack will force it to confront its surging number of weapons | Bondi beach terror attack
For almost three decades, Australia’s gun laws have been recognised as among the most stringent – and effective – in the world.
After the horror of the 1996 Port Arthur massacre that killed 35 people in Tasmania, Australia’s then conservative government stared down the gun lobby to introduce restrictions that led to a dramatic decrease in the number of guns.
In an almost unprecedented display of national collaboration, the federal government worked with the states to restrict semiautomatic weapons, toughen up licensing requirements and introduce a new requirement for gun holders to demonstrate a “genuine reason” for ownership.
Australians have been rightly proud of these reforms, confident that the community remains relatively safe from gun violence and far from the American reality of frequent mass shootings.
Sunday’s Bondi attack will shake that confidence and may force the country to again grapple with its gun laws.
While the details of the weapons used in the shooting are unknown, including whether they were legally obtained, there has been growing concern among gun control advocates that firearms remain far too easy to access despite the country’s “gold standard” framework.
Gun safety experts have been warning of complacency, pointing to booming gun numbers and weaknesses across state and territory laws that can be easily exploited, or see lawful weapons end up in criminal hands.
At the same time, new threats such as 3D-printed weapons and a growing sovereign citizen movement are posing new challenges to law enforcement when it comes to gun control.
While the well-intentioned reforms of 1996 have immense public and political support, in reality there are elements of the so-called national firearm agreement that have still not yet been fully implemented.
A promised national register, for example, is still not a reality and, instead of nationally harmonised laws, Australians have different laws in different states, all of which are inconsistently regulated.
Immediately after the Port Arthur massacre, a national amnesty saw the number of firearms in the community plummet but there are now more than 4 million guns in Australia – almost double the number recorded in 2001.
Yes, the population has increased at the same time but there is now a larger number of guns in the community per capita than in the aftermath of Port Arthur, with at least 2,000 new firearms lawfully entering the community every week.
It is these figures that has the gun lobby boasting that it is “winning” the fight against Australia’s longstanding crackdown, calling for gun owners to become more politically active to further enable their industry.
The lobby has been particularly alarmed by new laws introduced in Western Australia last year, which have – among other measures – limited the number of guns that an individual licence holder can own and tightened mental health checks for licence holders.
The West Australian police have suggested the new laws should be a “beacon” for other states to follow, saying it sets a new, higher bar for community safety.
A person of interest has been detained in connection with a US shooting at Brown University that left two people dead, police said.
Nine others were injured when a gunman opened fire at the university in Providence, Rhode Island, on Saturday.
Police confirmed on Sunday a person had been detained, and an earlier order for people on the Brown campus and surrounding areas to shelter had been lifted.
Providence Mayor Brett Smiley said seven people remained in stable condition, one of them was in critical but stable condition, and another was discharged.
The gunman opened fire in a classroom at around 16:00 local time (21:00 GMT) on Saturday at the Holley engineering building at the eastern end of Brown’s campus, according to officials.
The identities of those killed or injured have not yet been released, but Brown University President Christina Paxson told reporters in a press briefing on Saturday that all the victims, including those killed and wounded, were students.
Police had earlier released CCTV footage of a male suspect walking away from the scene wearing all black clothing. Officers said a firearm was not found in a sweep of the building.
After the person was detained on Sunday, police chief Oscar Perez confirmed officers were not looking for anyone else and were working with prosecutors to collect evidence.
Smiley said the city should be able to “breathe a little easier” after the shelter order was lifted.
“We have trained for this moment, but this is not something that any community should have to train for,” he added.
Brown’s university President Christina Paxson said the city had a “long recovery ahead”.
Germany’s international public broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, has been declared an “undesirable organization” in Russia, the Prosecutor General’s Office announced on Sunday.
Authorities have been able to designate organizations “undesirable” after a 2015 law declared that any noncommercial body with foreign connections or funding that could allegedly constitute a threat to Russia’s constitutional order could be shut down. The law was used mainly to shut down foreign nongovernmental organizations and included the Moscow offices of Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International and other NGOs.
In July 2024, Russia’s parliament passed amendments to the law that declared that any organization with founders or participants who are foreign government agencies could be designated “undesirable.” This broadened which organizations could fall into that category, and since then a number of international media, research and civil society organizations have been designated “undesirable.” By August 2024, members of the lower house of the Duma announced their intent to deem DW “undesirable.”
DW, which was classified as a “foreign agent” by Russia’s government in 2022, is funded by Germany’s federal budget. Though the Moscow bureau was closed in 2022, the “foreign agent” label has since been extended to individual DW reporters working in Russia.
The broadcaster joins a list of more than 280 organizations that have already been declared “undesirable.” This includes Russian-language media outlets such as the television channel TV Rain and online publications Novaya Gazeta and Meduza.
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DW’s ‘undesirable’ designation
Legal problems for DW viewers, listeners and followers in Russia begin if authorities define an individual’s behavior as “participation in the activities of an undesirable organization,” said Ivan Pavlov, a Russian lawyer-in-exile and founder of the legal group, Pervy Otdel (First Department).
This could include reposting broadcast or written material on social networks.
“Even an old long-standing link to a publication by such a media outlet on someone’s page can become grounds for initiating an administrative case,” Pavlov told DW. “And, later, if something else is found after an administrative penalty, a criminal case.”
Even mentioning an “undesirable” organization in a public chat or on a website could lead to prosecution. People deemed to be participating in the activities of “undesirable” organizations may be penalized with fines that range from 5,000 to 15,000 Russian rubles (€53-€160/$63-$190).
There may be grounds for criminal prosecution. “If, after an administrative penalty, the ‘offense’ is repeated within a year, criminal liability applies,” Pavlov said.
Working for such an organization would bring even more serious consequences. Managers of “undesirable” organizations face immediate criminal prosecution, as do people who finance them through, for example, donations. Individuals who participate in the output of an “undesirable” organization — say, by commenting for a written story or taking part in a broadcast — could also be prosecuted, he said.
As for social media, there hasn’t been a regular practice of prosecuting a person for simply “liking” something relating to an “undesirable” organization. “But, if there’s a will,” Pavlov said, “one could probably make it fit.”
Subscribing to media pages declared “undesirable” on social media networks and reading or viewing their publications without reposting anything is still considered safe, Pavlov said.
As for videos broadcast by “undesirable” organizations on a platform such as YouTube, Pavlov said, “watching is allowed; touching — meaning distributing — is not.”
Based on what he and his colleagues have observed in similar cases, Pavlov said: “A repost, a hyperlink, a comment — all of this may be interpreted as participation in the activities of an ‘undesirable’ organization. Any payment to a media outlet designated ‘undesirable’ — for example, a donation or payment for advertising — will also be considered a criminal offense.”
There are still ways of safely interacting with an organization designated “undesirable” in Russia. These include installing a media outlet’s dedicated app on a smartphone, listening to podcasts and reading publications on the website, and usually using a virtual private network, or VPN, so that one’s location remains private.
This article was originally written in Russian.
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Bondi Beach shooting: World reacts to Australian terror attack that left at least 12 dead
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Twelve people were killed and dozens wounded when gunmen opened fire during a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, Australian officials said.
Following are comments from world leaders in the wake of the deadly shooting:
Anthony Albanese, Prime Minister of Australia
“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.
“At this dark moment for our nation, our police and security agencies are working to determine anyone associated with this outrage.”
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks to the media during a press conference following a shooting at Bondi Beach, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia (via REUTERS)
Sussan Ley, Opposition Leader of Australia
“Australians are in deep mourning tonight, with hateful violence striking at the heart of an iconic Australian community, a place we all know so well and love, Bondi.”
Keir Starmer, UK Prime Minister
“Deeply distressing news from Australia. The United Kingdom sends our thoughts and condolences to everyone affected by the appalling attack in Bondi Beach.”
Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister of New Zealand
“Australia and New Zealand are closer than friends, we’re family. I am shocked by the distressing scenes at Bondi, a place that Kiwis visit every day.”
“My thoughts, and the thoughts of all New Zealanders, are with those affected.”
Gideon Sa’ar, Foreign Minister of Israel
“I’m appalled by the murderous shooting attack at a Hanukkah event in Sydney, Australia.”
“These are the results of the anti-Semitic rampage in the streets of Australia over the past two years, with the anti-Semitic and inciting calls of ‘Globalise the Intifada’ that were realized today.”
Ursula Von Der Leyen, European Commission President
“Shocked by the tragic attack at Bondi Beach. I send my heartfelt condolences to the families and loved ones of the victims.”
“Europe stands with Australia and Jewish communities everywhere. We are united against violence, antisemitism and hatred.”
Jose Manuel Albares, Spanish Foreign Minister
“Horrified by the terrorist attack in Australia against the Jewish community. My solidarity with the victims and their loved ones, with the people and government of Australia.”
“Hate, antisemitism, and violence have no place in our societies.”
Jonas Gahr Stoere, Prime Minister of Norway
“I am shocked by the horrific attack at Bondi Beach, Australia, during a Jewish Hanukkah event.”
“I condemn this despicable act of terror in the strongest possible terms. My deepest condolences to all those affected by today’s tragic attack.”
Ulf Kristersson, Prime Minister of Sweden
“Appalled by the attack in Sydney, targeted against the Jewish community.”
“My thoughts are with the victims and their families. Together, we must fight the spread of antisemitism.”
NEED TO KNOW
- A suspect is in custody in relation to the shooting at Brown University that left at least two people dead and nine others injured on Dec. 13
- The gunman’s identity has not yet been made public, nor have any charges
- A shelter-in-place order for the Rhode Island college has been lifted as of Dec. 14
A suspect is in custody following the deadly mass shooting at Brown University.
PEOPLE can confirm that the Providence Police Department (PPD) has detained “a person of interest” in connection with the tragedy, which left at least two people dead and nine others injured.
Josh Estrella, the communications director for the mayor of Providence, tells PEOPLE that the shelter-in-place order for the Rhode Island college has also been lifted.
According to NBC News, the suspect, a man, had “a unique characteristic” on the gun used in the shooting. The weapon was found when he was taken into custody, the outlet reported.
The suspect’s identity has not yet been made public, nor have any charges.
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Brown, an Ivy League school, first announced that there was an active shooter near Barus & Holley, a computer lab and engineering building on campus, shortly after 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, Dec. 13.
Shortly after, officials falsely stated that a suspect was in custody, but said in a follow-up alert minutes later that no suspects had been apprehended.
Police previously provided a description of the suspect, saying he was “a male dressed in black,” and later released security footage of the man believed to be the shooter.
Commander Timothy O’Hara said it is “unknown” how the suspect entered the building where the shooting took place, but police had been “utilizing every resource possible” to find the perpetrator.
Brown University after the shooting on Dec. 13.
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Of the nine people injured in the incident, one was in critical condition, six were in critical but stable condition and two were stabilized, a Brown University Health spokesperson said, per NBC News.
The identities of the deceased and injured have yet to be made public as of Dec. 14.
Despite the shelter-in-place order being lifted, Brown said in a message on its website, “Police activity continues in areas that are still considered an active crime scene.”
“Be advised that access to these areas of campus continues to be limited,” the school continued, adding that “community members who leave those buildings will be unable to return.”
University President Christina H. Paxson described the tragedy as “a day that no university community is ever prepared for.”
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Brown University shooting suspect is ARRESTED after 10 hours on the run as two killed and 9 injured on campus
A suspect has been arrested after two people were killed and multiple were injured at a shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island.
Police confirmed that a ‘person of interest’ is in custody, as of 6am Sunday morning.
Shots fired at Brown’s prestigious engineering building at 4.05pm on Saturday afternoon, in the midst of students’ end of semester exam season.
Late on Saturday night, police released a short clip of a person of interest walking as he turns the corner on Waterman Street. It’s unclear if the same person has been arrested.
Police are holding a press conference at 7am Sunday.
This is a breaking news story.
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Brown University shooting suspect is ARRESTED after 10 hours on the run as two killed and 9 injured on campus
Laura Woods made clear her stance on social media and came in for backlash as a result
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Laura Woods made sure her voice was heard on social media(Image: Neal Simpson/Allstar, Getty Images)
Laura Woods has shared her fears of facing backlash when she voiced her opinion on the gender controversy that overshadowed the 2024 Olympic Games. The issue centred around Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s participation and subsequent gold medal win in the women’s welterweight boxing division at the Paris Olympics.
Khelif, along with China’s Lin Yu-ting, had been disqualified from the World Championships by the International Boxing Association (IBA) a year earlier. The IBA, a discredited world governing body backed by Russia, claimed that blood test results proved Khelif was ineligible to compete against females.
However, they failed to provide any documented evidence to support their claims. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) deemed the tests not credible and cleared both athletes to compete at the Games.
Amidst the controversy, Woods, a presenter for TNT Sports, publicly praised a Telegraph article on social media. The piece argued that the IOC’s decision to allow Khelif – who has previously been wrongly labelled as transgender – and Lin to compete put biological women at risk.
Over a year after endorsing the article, Woods spoke to the newspaper, revealing her concerns that speaking out could have led to her being cancelled. Woods, 38, expressed her frustration, saying: “I remember just almost screaming internally, because I felt there was such an injustice going on in front of our eyes.
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“I was so angry that everyone who wanted to talk about it openly was gaslighted into thinking that what they were saying was wrong.
“It still annoys me now, because there was so much sympathy given to Khelif, and such a lack of it to the women around that athlete.
Imane Khelif earned a gold medal at the Paris 2024 Games(Image: Getty)
“It felt so disproportionate. I couldn’t believe that even questioning it out loud was worthy of cancellation.” Since defeating Yang Liu in last year’s final, Algerian boxer Khelif has vowed to compete at the 2028 Games in Los Angeles.
This is despite President Donald Trump’s promise to ban biological men from competing in women’s sports, and his false implication that Khelif was born male. The boxer responded to these claims earlier this year.
In an interview with ITV Sport, Khelif stated: “The US President issued a decision related to transgender policies in America. I am not transgender. This does not concern me, and it does not intimidate me. That is my response.”
Laura Woods was an outspoken figure on the controversy(Image: Trevor Wilkinson/MI News/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
She confessed that the scrutiny she faced last year had a significant impact on her mental and emotional wellbeing. “I was deeply affected mentally and felt discouraged, but I remained aware of what was happening,” she added.
“Even during the Paris Olympics, I had a team of specialist doctors who provided me with support and assistance. Without their support, I might have fallen into a spiral of depression.”
It was after Khelif’s second round victory over Italy’s Angela Carini that sparked mass backlash sent the Algerian’s way. She defeated the Italian in only 46 seconds, with Carini reportedly saying, “It’s not fair,” after receiving a punch from Khelif.
At least 12 people have been killed after a mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney.
Here is what we know so far about what happened.
Latest updates on shooting
How many people were killed or injured?
In addition to 12 fatalities, at least 29 people have been injured, including a child and two police officers.
A man believed to be one of the gunmen was killed and another suspect is in custody in a critical condition.
A person on a stretcher is treated by emergency workers. Pic: AP
How did the shooting unfold?
Police were called at about 6.47pm on Sunday (7.47am UK time), responding to reports of shots being fired at Archer Park, Bondi Beach.
Officers have declared it a “terrorist incident”.
Details are still emerging about exactly what happened.
One video shows two gunmen appearing to open fire from a small bridge overlooking the beach.
Another video shows crowds of people on the beach running away as they fled the scene.
Attack ‘targeted Jewish people’
More than 1,000 people had been attending an event on Bondi Beach celebrating the Jewish holy festival of Hanukkah at the time of the shooting, police said.
New South Wales Premier Chris Minns said: “This attack was designed to target Sydney’s Jewish community.
“On the first day of Hanukkah, what should have been a night of peace and joy celebrated in that community with families and supporters, has been shattered by this horrifying evil attack.”
The leader of Australia’s opposition Sussan Ley said the attack took place as “our Jewish community came together at the Chanukah by the Sea celebration”.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog said Jewish people who had gone to light the first candle of the Hanukkah holiday on the beach had been attacked by “vile terrorists”.
People and emergency workers after the incident on Bondi Beach. Pic: AP/Mark Baker
What have witnesses said?
Witnesses have described the terror and confusion as masses of people fled the beach.
“Thousands of people just like running. And I opened up the back gate to my friend’s cafe and just let everyone in,” one witness told 9News.
“Pregnant women, women with kids, just everyone’s running and just running.
“Like the whole it was just panic. It was pandemonium.”
Harry Wilson, who witnessed the shooting, told the Sydney Morning Herald: “I saw at least 10 people on the ground and blood everywhere.”
Another witness, called Phil, told 9News: “We just heard what sounded like fireworks. The beach was absolutely packed. And then there were a lot of fireworks going off.
“Then suddenly we saw thousands of people just running this way. So we all just went inside, holed up in the toilets.
“I’ve got a friend that’s holed up in a basement now. Everybody went inside.”
Phil said he soon realised the sounds of fireworks were “more than that”.
“We’re a bit shaken,” he added.
‘Suspicious items located’
Police said their operation was “ongoing” and a “number of suspicious items located in the vicinity” were being examined by specialist officers. An exclusion zone was in place, they added.
How have politicians reacted?
Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the scenes in Bondi were “shocking and distressing”.
He said in a statement: “Police and emergency responders are on the ground working to save lives.
“My thoughts are with every person affected.”
Opposition leader Sussan Ley said: “The loss of life from this attack is significant and I join with the prime minister in urging all Australians to follow official advice from police and relevant authorities.”
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