A surf camera captured the moment hoards of beachgoers fled Bondi Beach during Sunday’s fatal terrorist attack in Sydney’s eastern suburbs on Sunday4.Footage from SwellNet shows people deserting the harbour city’s most iconic beach in a bid to avoid the carnage.

I lived and worked around Bondi for years. The emergency response tells you everything you need to know about the area.

Footage from surf cameras facing the ocean beyond Bondi Beach shows beach goers running away during time of deadly shooting. Video credit: SWELLNET.com.

In the early hours of the morning, Bondi is at its most honest.The tourists are still asleep. The influencers haven't arrived. The beach belongs to the people who come every morning not to be seen, but to feel something: sand between their toes,

Bondi is where millions of us learn to swim, to surf, to parade up and down the sands; where we rinse off our stress in the Pacific Ocean and suck in great gulps of sea air; where we bring interstate and overseas visitors to skite about our good fortune; where we thrill in our inheritance.

A brave few dashed towards Australia's Bondi Beach as a mass shooting unfolded on Sunday night, wading through fleeing crowds to rescue children, treat the injured and confront the gunmen.

Local media name the gunmen as Sajid Akram, 50, who died at the scene, and Naveed Akram, 24, who's in a critical condition. They reportedly had links to the Islamic State group.