This is a developing story.

At least 11 people were killed during a shooting attack on a Hanukkah event at a beach playground in Sydney on Sunday, where attendees were celebrating the first night of the Jewish holiday.

The event was being held by Chabad of Bondi and the dead included Rabbi Eli Schlanger, an emissary of the movement who has worked there for 18 years, according to Chabad sources.

It was “an act of evil antisemitism, terrorism, that has struck the heart of our nation,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in a video address.

A gunman was also killed and another arrested during the shooting adjacent to Bondi Beach, one of Australia’s most iconic sites that is popular with families and surfers. Police said they found an explosive device in a car belonging to the gunman who

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