16 people now dead following Bondi Beach terror attack as traumatised witnesses reveal how civilians had to step in for ‘underprepared’ police | 14 Dec 2025 | The death toll from the Bondi Beach massacre has risen to 16 overnight, and includes a child, marking one of the darkest days in the country’s history. Australia’s most iconic tourist destination was rocked by a mass shooting on Sunday as two men stood on a pedestrian footbridge and opened fire into crowds of locals, holidaymakers and families. Some had been there to celebrate Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Light, which police believed was the intended target of the massacre that has been officially designated a terrorist attack. On Sunday night, the death toll stood at 12, with NSW Health Minister Ryan Park confirming to the Today Show on Monday morning that it had risen to 16. NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon also confirmed at least 29 people had been injured.