Australia moves to tighten gun laws after Hanukkah mass shooting leaves 15 dead at Bondi Beach

Australian leaders connected Monday promised to fortify the country's already restrictive weapon laws successful the aftermath of the play wide shooting astatine a Hanukkah solemnisation connected Sydney's Bondi Beach that near 15 victims dead.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced respective projected actions, including 1 to bounds the fig of guns idiosyncratic tin ain and a reappraisal of licenses held implicit time. 

"The authorities is prepared to instrumentality immoderate enactment is necessary. Included successful that is the request for tougher weapon laws," helium said aft gathering with his National Cabinet. 

"If we request to toughen these up, if there's thing we tin do, I'm surely up for it," helium added. 

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces that Australia volition admit a Palestinian authorities astatine a property league successful Canberra, Monday, Aug. 11, 2025.  (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia already has strict weapon power laws, which heavy restricted civilian firearm ownership aft a gunman killed 35 radical successful Tasmania successful 1996.

Among different projected actions see limiting the fig of firearms immoderate 1 idiosyncratic tin have, requiring Australian citizenship arsenic a information for obtaining a firearms licence and limiting open-ended firearms licensing and the types of guns that are legal.

Sunday's shooting came during a Hanukkah solemnisation arsenic thousands of radical gathered astatine Bondi Beach, a fashionable section and tourer destination. The lawsuit – the Chanukah by the Sea – celebrated the commencement of the Jewish holiday.

Albanese called the shooting "a targeted onslaught connected Jewish Australians connected the archetypal time of Hanukkah." 

Two gunmen, a 50-year-old begetter who died astatine the scene, and his 24-year-old son, opened fire, killed 15 people. Those killed scope successful property from 10 to 87, authorities said. Both gunmen were changeable by police. The lad is recovering successful a hospital. 

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People stitchery astir a tribute for shooting victims extracurricular the Bondi Pavilion astatine Sydney's Bondi Beach, Monday, a time aft a shooting.  (Mark Baker/The Associated Press)

At slightest 38 different radical are being treated successful hospitals. Among those is simply a antheral captured connected video appearing to tackle and disarm 1 evident assailant, earlier pointing the man’s limb astatine him, past mounting the weapon connected the ground.

The antheral was identified by Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke arsenic Ahmed al Ahmed. The 42-year-old effect store proprietor and begetter of 2 was changeable successful the shoulder.

Al Ahmed's household said helium migrated from Syria successful 2006, and underwent country connected Monday. His parents precocious moved to Australia. They said helium had a inheritance successful the Syrian information forces.

"My lad has ever been brave. He helps people. He’s similar that," his mother, Malakeh Hasan al Ahmed, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. done an interpreter.

People wage respects astatine Australia's Bondi Pavilion to victims of a shooting during a Jewish vacation solemnisation astatine Bondi Beach, successful Sydney, Dec. 15, 2025.  (REUTERS/Hollie Adams)

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"My lad has ever been brave. He helps people. He’s similar that," his mother, Malakeh Hasan al Ahmed, told Australian Broadcasting Corp. done an interpreter.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.