Bondi Seaside: British-born rabbi amongst 11 killed, as police examine assault on Jewish neighborhood

[ad_1] Video provides clearest image but of how assault was carried out printed at 16:11 GMT 16:11 GMT

By Benedict Garman

A virtually 11-minute steady video, filmed from about 50 metres away, reveals how the assault on the Hanukkah celebration unfolded and the way police and bystanders responded.

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

The pair then direct sustained fireplace in the direction of the occasion. The attacker on the bridge fires virtually repeatedly, sometimes repositioning a spare long-barrelled gun at his ft. He descends the bridge stairs in the direction of Archer Park solely as soon as, and for lower than ten seconds, earlier than returning to his elevated place. Within the practically six minutes earlier than he's shot, he pauses solely to reload and to threaten individuals who stray too shut on Campbell Parade.

The second attacker crosses the bridge and strikes in the direction of a tree roughly 30 metres from the Hannukah gathering. He continues firing till separate verified footage shows him being disarmed by a bystander and he returns to the bridge, choosing up the spare weapon.

A police automobile passes throughout the first 22 seconds of the video, and there are sirens sounding all through, however after two minutes, witnesses could be heard shouting ‘The place are the cops?’

It’s greater than 4 minutes into the video earlier than incoming photographs focusing on the attackers strike the bridge. About 30 seconds later, the attacker in white trousers is hit first and collapses . A couple of minute later the remaining gunman can also be shot, drawing cheers from onlookers.

The aftermath is chaos. Individuals run onto the bridge regardless of shouted warnings, some attacking the injured gunmen and clashing with one another.

The primary police officer steps onto the bridge after seven minutes, carefully adopted by others who work to restrain bystanders and clear the scene. Police autos arrive, and within the last minute the digicam turns briefly in the direction of the Hanukkah occasion the place persons are tending to victims.