Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.

The hero who took out one of the accused Bondi Beach terrorists was identified as a seasoned local detective who fired a kill shot from over 100 feet away, according to reports.

A 10-year-old, a Holocaust survivor and a young French national were among at least 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on families celebrating the first night of Hanukkah at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday,

A woman tells the BBC she acted as a "human shield" for her baby during the deadly attack on the Jewish community in Sydney.

Video appeared to show the bystander, named as fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, tackling and disarming one of the gunmen on Sunday.

Hanukkah events in London will have an increased police presence over the next eight days in the wake of Sunday's deadly mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia, the head of Jewish London says.

The bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen has been identified by local media as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed.

Anyone in the area should take shelter, the police said. They declined to elaborate and details of the incident were not immediately clear.