Bondi Beach: British-born rabbi among 11 killed, as police investigate attack on Jewish community

Video gives clearest picture yet of how attack was carried outpublished at 16:11 GMT

16:11 GMT

By Benedict Garman

A nearly 11-minute continuous video, filmed from about 50 metres away, reveals how the attack on the Hanukkah celebration unfolded and how police and bystanders responded.

It’s unclear how soon the recording began after the attack started, but it opens with one gunman already on the footbridge between Campbell Parade and Archer Park while the second, in distinctive white trousers and a backpack, shoots at a fleeing person.

The pair then direct sustained fire towards the event. The attacker on the bridge fires almost continuously, occasionally repositioning a spare long-barrelled gun at his feet. He descends the bridge stairs towards Archer Park only once, and for less than ten seconds, before returning to his elevated position. In the nearly six minutes before he is shot, he pauses only to reload and to threaten people who stray too close on Campbell Parade.

The second attacker crosses the bridge and moves towards a tree roughly 30 metres from the Hannukah gathering. He continues firing until separate verified footage shows him being disarmed by a bystander and he returns to the bridge, picking up the spare weapon.

A police vehicle passes within the first 22 seconds of the video, and there are sirens sounding throughout, but after two minutes, witnesses can be heard shouting ‘Where are the cops?’

It’s more than four minutes into the video before incoming shots targeting the attackers strike the bridge. About 30 seconds later, the attacker in white trousers is hit first and collapses. About a minute later the remaining gunman is also shot, drawing cheers from onlookers.

The aftermath is chaos. People run onto the bridge despite shouted warnings, some attacking the injured gunmen and clashing with each other.

The first police officer steps onto the bridge after seven minutes, closely followed by others who work to restrain bystanders and clear the scene. Police vehicles arrive, and in the final minute the camera turns briefly towards the Hanukkah event where people are tending to victims.