SYDNEY, Dec 14 (Reuters) – Australian police said on Sunday two people were in custody after reports of gunshots and injuries at Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

“The police operation is ongoing ‍and we continue to urge people to avoid the area,” New South Wales police state in a post on X.

The Sydney Morning Herald said multiple people had been injured, while television networks Sky and ABC aired footage showing people lying on the ground.

“I saw at least 10 ‌people on the ground and blood everywhere,” 30-year-old ‌local Harry Wilson, who witnessed the shooting, told the Herald.

Alex Ryvchin, co-chief executive of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, told Sky News in an interview that the shooting happened at an event at the beach celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, which began at

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