Mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach kills 12

At least 12 people have been killed and 29 have been injured in a mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach on Sunday that targeted the Jewish community, according to authorities in the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW).

Police said the alleged shooter was among the dead, while a second suspect was injured.

NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon declared the attack to be "a terrorist incident," and said a thorough investigation is underway.

The incident site has been sealed off, with more than a dozen ambulances and police vehicles remaining on standby.

Police said the shooting occurred around 18:40 local time, when a celebration for Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, was being held at the beach.

"Basically what we saw was people running away, shooting from far away. We had to run, but we wanted to know what happened, really. But everyone was screaming. Everything was so messed up. And yeah, basically, that's so scary, everyone getting inside the restaurants. It's been so horrible, so stressful," an eyewitness said.

According to local media reports, shortly after the shooting, officers at the scene located a vehicle near the beach believed to contain several improvised explosive devices, which were removed by bomb squad specialists.

Following the incident, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese convened an emergency meeting of the National Security Committee.

At a press conference later, he called the attack "an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism that has struck the heart of our nation."

The Chinese Consulate-General in Sydney said it had not received reports of casualties involving Chinese citizens by early Monday morning local time.

Mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach kills 12

Mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach kills 12

Mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach kills 12

At least 12 killed in mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach

At least 12 killed in mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach

12 killed in mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach

Influenza activity in China has declined for four consecutive weeks, with recent tests showing common pathogens and no evidence of new infectious diseases, the National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday.

At its first press briefing of 2026, the commission reported that flu activity nationwide remains moderate at the moment.

According to Xin Li, a researcher at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, respiratory samples collected from sentinel hospitals indicated that the influenza virus was the most common pathogen, accounting for 27.4 percent of cases, followed by respiratory syncytial virus at 8.8 percent and rhinovirus at 5.7 percent.

"Influenza activity in China has declined for four consecutive weeks and remains at a moderate level overall. Analysis of nationwide fever clinic consultations, influenza-like illness cases at sentinel hospitals, and multi-pathogen testing shows that all detected pathogens are known common ones, with no evidence of unknown pathogens or new infectious diseases," Xin told the press.

Data from sentinel hospitals indicated flu activity was falling across provincial-level regions, while reports of school outbreaks dropped for five consecutive weeks. Laboratory tests showed that 97.3 percent of positive influenza samples were H3N2 subtype viruses.

China flu activity declines for fourth week, no new pathogens detected: official