One of the victims of Sunday's attack on Bondi Beach was a "popular" and "extremely talented" football player, his Sydney-based football club says.

In a post on Facebook, Rockdale Ilinden FC say Dan Elkayam was the victim of the "horrendous, tragic and senseless events at Bondi Beach".

He is described as an "extremely talented and popular figure among team mates."

"Our deepest and sincerest condolences to Dan's family, friends and all that knew him."

In a post on X on Sunday, external, French President Emmanuel Macron also paid tribute to Elkayam: "I think of his family and loved ones and express to them the full solidarity of the Nation."

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Sydney residents have been answering an urgent call to donate blood to help those injured in yesterday's Bondi Beach shooting.

Some people have waited in line for up to seven hours to donate, including 21-year-old Alex who tells the BBC: "I wanted to know what I could do, and blood donation is a very simple thing someone can do."

In the clip below, others say they've been "rattled" and "devastated" by Sunday's deadly attack on the Jewish community.

Kobi Farkash is an Israeli tourist who witnessed yesterday's attacks on Bondi Beach.

Speaking to Radio 5 Live, he describes joining the Hanukkah event after hearing the music. He says it was a "lovely moment" as they all waited for sunset to light the menorah candle.

"Suddenly I heard boom boom boom, four or five times," he says.

He describes seeing someone on the ground with blood - at which point he started running. When he returned an hour later, he saw the emergency services helping those at the scene.

"I couldn’t believe it was happening... Sydney is the most beautiful place you can imagine."

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One of the officers injured during the Bondi Beach attack has been pictured by New South Wales Police.

Constable Scott Dyson and a second unnamed officer remain in serious but stable conditions in hospital, the force says.

In a statement, the families of the two injured officers pass on their thoughts to the loved ones of those killed and injured in the shooting.

The families also expressed "their heartfelt gratitude to all first responders who acted with courage" and thanked hospital staff, especially those working in intensive care.

They have also asked for privacy while the injured officers focus on recovering from the attack.

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Rabbi Dovid Lewis's cousin Eli Schlanger was killed in the Bondi shooting yesterday.

Lewis, who is based in South Manchester, tells Nicky Campbell on Radio 5 Live that London-born Schlanger was "a phenominal rabbi".

"He built up the Jewish community in Bondi Beach, only last year, together with his father," he says.

Lewis says his cousin Schlanger grew the menorah lighting at Bondi Beach from a small event to "over 2,000 people" attending.

"He died doing what he loved best - bringing light, mitzvah, and good deeds into this world."

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Special correspondent

The UK chief rabbi tells the BBC that Jews are "on the front line" as they have faced repeated "terrorist attacks".

Sir Ephraim Mirvis is also Chief Rabbi of the Commonwealth so will fly to Sydney tomorrow to support the community there.

The rabbi - whose cousin had to hide during the attack in Bondi Beach as people were shot around them - says the victims were killed just for being Jewish.

"It's a cross section of people: a rabbi, a Holocaust survivor, a 10-year-old girl, people just being Jewish and celebrating their Jewish roots and this festival, and that's why they were killed. So let's call it out for what it actually is."

He says while he is thankful for the British government’s support and a solidarity call from the prime minister yesterday, not enough was being done to tackle "extreme radical Islamism".

"Here in the UK, Saturday after Saturday after Saturday, on the streets of our cities, 'globalise the intifada' and 'from the river to the sea...'

"What does globalise the Intifada actually mean? We saw what it meant on Yom Kippur in Manchester and yesterday the intifada was globalised. It reached Sydney."

He admitted the Jewish community in the UK was concerned but would continue to celebrate Hanukkah.

"The Jewish community is nervous. The Jewish community is strong. The Jewish community is worried, but we're tenacious. You'll see us during the eight days of Hanukkah, we'll be out there."

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A 30-year-old Sydney resident says he does not feel he can go outside safely after he was mistakenly identified as one of the Bondi Beach attackers online.

Naveed Akram shares the name of the younger alleged gunman - and a photo from his Facebook account was shared widely on social media.

In a video shared by the Pakistan Consulate General in Sydney, Akram says: "Some of the social media accounts they have taken my pictures from my Facebook account and they are linking that picture to that shooter.

"I am going to clearly tell everyone that that is not me - I had nothing to do with that incident or that person.

"I am very stressed and scared about this and I cannot even go outside safely," he says.

The consulate adds: "This act has endangered the life of an innocent Pakistani national."

The AFP news agency spoke to Akram over the phone - he says he first heard he had been falsely identified at around 21:30 local time on Sunday.

"I could not even sleep last night," he says. "It was destroying my image, my family's image. People started to call them. They were worried, and they have told the police over there."

The president of Slovakia has identified one of the victims of yesterday's attacks as a Slovakian woman called Marika.

Peter Pellegrini says on X: "Already yesterday, I unequivocally condemned the brutal, deadly attack on innocent people during the Hanukkah celebrations at Australia’s Bondi Beach and expressed my deep solidarity with a nation plunged into grief and shock.

"Today, that grief has reached Slovakia as well — among the victims of this senseless, violent rampage was a Slovak woman, Marika."

Earlier, local media reported that an 82-year-old, Marika Pogany, had died in the attacks. It's not known if it's the same person.

Pogany was an avid volunteer and a member of the Harbour View Bridge Club, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.

"She was a terrific person, excellent bridge player, and an even better friend. Incredibly loyal. I knew her for 40 years," Matt Mullamphy, the bridge club's director, said.

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Matilda, the youngest person killed in yesterday's attack, was "a bright, joyful, and spirited child", one of her teachers says.

"Yesterday, while celebrating Hanukkah, her young life was tragically taken. Her memory will live on in our hearts," the teacher writes on a GoFundMe page she set up for the 10-year-old's family.

Matilda’s aunt previously told ABC News she was a "very friendly" girl who "loves school and has lots of friends". She asked that the media did not use her surname.

Lauren Dunn, an Australian TV personality who was on the beach when the attack occurred, says she believes Ahmed al Ahmed, the man who tackled one of the gunmen, saved countless lives.

"I heard these loud cracks, I honestly just thought it was a car backfiring or some kind of firework. Within five minutes there was police everywhere screaming at us to clear out as there was an active shooter," she recalls.

She tells BBC Breakfast that seeing the footage of Ahmed disarming one of the gunmen made her feel "proud to be an Australian", adding that she cannot even estimate the number of lives he saved with his actions.

"That guy that was shooting was just shooting frantically into the crowd, [Ahmed] saved so many people and I can't say how proud of him I am.

"I'm proud to be an Australian in our multi-cultural society where everyone should be safe."

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the two gunmen were acting alone and not part of a wider extremist cell.

"There's no evidence of collusion, no evidence that these people were part of a cell," he tells Australian broadcaster ABC, but they were "clearly" motivated by "extremist ideology."

He also confirms that police are not investigating a third person involved in the shooting, but that "a range of IEDs [improvised explosive device]" were found in the car.

When asked about the younger shooter, named by local media as Naveed Akram, Albanese confirms that he was not part of a counter terrorism watchlist.

He says the alleged attacker was investigated in 2019 over his connections to two people who were subsequently jailed.

The six-month investigation found no evidence of the attacker planning or considering any act of violence or antisemitism, Albanese says.

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An investigation has been launched into the attack at Bondi Beach, including the police response, says New South Wales Premier Chris Minns.

"We need to make sure that we make changes from today to protect communities across New South Wales - but in particular the Jewish community of Sydney who have had to deal with antisemitism and rising violence for the last two years," Minns tells reporters.

Minns says there will be a "comprehensive investigation" and "full independent inquiry" into what happened.

He says they're looking to recall the state parliament as soon as possible to introduce legislation to "crack down on gun ownership" in New South Wales.

"I'm determined to introduce the toughest gun legislation in the country," he says.

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Just over 24 hours ago, New South Wales Police received reports that a number of shots had been fired at Bondi Beach, Sydney - here is everything that’s happened since then.

• 14 December, 18:47 local time (07:47 GMT): A father and son open fire for at least seven minutes at an event marking the first night of Hanukkah on Bondi Beach, a recording shows. A bystander disarms one of the gunmen, and both attackers are later shot. One dies at the scene
• 18:57: Police issue a statement urging people at the scene to take shelter
• 19:39: Local police say two people are in custody
• 22:00: New South Wales Police say the incident is designated a terrorist attack on Sydney’s Jewish community. They say an “improvised explosive device” was found in a nearby car
• 15 December, 06:15: The death toll at Bondi Beach rises to 16, including one 10-year-old child and one of the attackers. Police confirm 42 people remain in hospital
• 07:30: In a police news conference, officials confirm the two gunmen were a father and son aged 50 and 24. The 50-year-old man died at the scene while the second attacker remains in critical condition
• 17:36: The two gunmen are being named in local media as Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram. Australian broadcaster ABC reports that counter terrorism police believe the gunmen had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group
• 18:05: Health authorities say 27 people remain in hospital, with six in critical condition

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New South Wales Premier Chris Minns has visited Ahmed al Ahmed - the man who successfully disarmed one of the gunmen - in hospital.

"Ahmed is a real-life hero," Minns writes.

"Last night, his incredible bravery no doubt saved countless lives when he disarmed a terrorist at enormous personal risk.

"It was an honour to spend time with him just now and to pass on the thanks of people across NSW.

"There is no doubt that more lives would have been lost if not for Ahmed’s selfless courage."

• There's more on Ahmed's actions in our news story

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BBC Newsbeat

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When Kian Bentley, 22, moved to Australia from Stirling a few months back to pursue a career in music he never thought he'd be so close to such an attack.

Alongside making rap music, he works at the outdoor cinema at Bondi Beach. He was texting his mates when he first heard gunshots.

"You heard screams in the distance and then everyone in front of me in the cinema just got up and started running," he tells BBC Newsbeat.

"Everything became slow motion and I quickly opened the fence for the back gate and everyone stampeded out."

Bentley says he hasn't been able to get a lot of sleep since the attack, as he keeps "replaying the situation" in his head.

"I lost more than one close friend in this attack," says Rabbi Moshe Gutnick, joint head of the group that organised the Hannukah event that was targeted at Bondi Beach.

"We never thought that this could happen in Australia, but it did."

He tells BBC Breakfast his son-in-law and four of his grandchildren all managed to escape the shooting, after which the youngest "was asking all of us 'what was the red stuff on everybody's shirt'".

"What could we tell him?"

He says he believes the average Australian is a "tolerant, accepting person", but adds for the past two years the Australian government has done "absolutely nothing" to curb antisemitism.

"If you let antisemites get a word in, it gets worse and worse and worse, and that's where we are now. It's got absolutely nothing to do with gun control, it has to do with antisemitism."

Two Islamic State (IS) flags were found in the Bondi Beach gunmen’s car, a senior official has told Australia's ABC News.

A flag could be seen on the bonnet of the car in footage from the scene, the broadcaster reports.

It is understood that one of the gunmen, Naveed Akram, was previously examined over his close ties to a Sydney-based IS terrorism cell.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Akram first came to authorities' attention in October 2019 but an "assessment was made that there was no indication of any ongoing threat or threat of him engaging in violence".

ABC also reports that Australian counter terrorism police believe both gunmen - Akram and his father, Sajid - had pledged allegiance to the IS terrorist group.

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Tony Abbott, the former prime minister of Australia, says it is a "day of shame for my country" following the Bondi Beach attack.

"I am appalled as an Australian that the worst atrocity against Jews anywhere in the world since 7 October has now taken place here in Australia," he tells Radio 4's Today programme.

However, in response to Albanese's call for tougher gun laws, Abbott says the current PM is "throwing up a smoke screen, saying what we need are better gun laws".

"Sure, we might need that, but what we need most of all is zero tolerance of anti-Jewish hate speech."

He says there has been "far too much tolerance" of anti-Jewish hate speech in Australia and other countries, including the UK, over the past two years.

As we've reported, the Bondi gunmen lived in Bonnyrigg, New South Wales, about an hour's drive inland from Bondi Beach.

Sajid and Naveed Akram were there until a few weeks ago, when they moved to an Airbnb in Campsie, closer to the scene of the attack.

Our correspondent Katy Watson has been to their home in Bonnyrigg.

"Police raided this home overnight, three people that lived here were arrested... they were brought back, they were released without charge and they returned inside," she says.

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Reporting from the Bondi Pavilion

We have just spoken to Rabbi Yossi Shuchat, who led the impromptu ceremony at the Bondi Pavilion mourning site. He says it was a spontaneous decision by him and his friends to hold the ceremony.

"We woke up this morning and we just felt we had the feeling to come down here," he says, adding that he knew many of the people caught up in the attack.

He said they wanted to hold a menorah lighting ceremony not just to mark Hanukkah, but also to "remember them in the way [the victims] would like to be remembered, which was by adding in light and adding in goodness and kindness".

Asked about how the community was reacting, he says: "I think it's fair to say that we are all shocked, and we pray that those are in power, do the appropriate things to ensure that justice is sought, and that everyone is free in Australia to practice their religion, and go about their life in a free way."

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