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Death toll climbs to 16 after mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach

By Thomson Reuters Dec 14, 2025 | 2:05 PM

WELLINGTON, Dec 15 (Reuters) – The death toll from ‍Sunday’s mass shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach ‌rose to ‌16, police said early on Monday.

Police said in a post on ​X that 16 people ‍had died ​and 40 ​people remained in ‍hospital following the shooting. The post did not specify whether a ‍suspected gunman initially killed on Sunday, or ‍another ‍who had ​been described ​as ⁠being in a ‌critical condition, were included in that toll.

(Reporting by Lucy CraymerEditing by Peter ⁠Graff)