New South Wales Police said emergency services were called to Campbell Parade, the road that runs along Bondi Beach, just before 7 p.m. local time, to reports of a shooting.

Australian officials said the shooting at a Jewish holiday celebration had been carried out by a father and son. More than three dozen people were hospitalized, including a surviving gunman.

Two people were taken into custody on Sunday as law enforcement officials responded to Australia’s popular Bondi Beach for a "developing incident," the New South Wales Police Force said. Police in a social media message urged the public to avoid the area. Anyone who was there was told to seek shelter.

Active armed offender situations are always tense and fluid. Even more so when the incident occurs in a public space.

Police gave an update hours after the deadly shooting. The terrorist gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration on Australia’s world-famous Bondi Beach left at least 11 victims dead and 29 others wounded.

The assumption of safety under which Australians operated, that public spaces were assuredly gun-free, has been shattered.

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.