Australian leaders have promised to immediately overhaul already-tough gun control laws after a mass shooting targeted a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.

Reuters has pieced together the moments when the Hanukkah turned from celebration to fear through interviews with more than a dozen witnesses, comments from police and officials, video footage of the shooting and media reports.

After two gunmen targeted and killed over a dozen people during a Hanukkah event in Australia on Sunday, Floridians are heartbroken and outraged by the international tragedy as they ramp up security measures back home.

SYDNEY (AP) — A father and son are suspected by officials to have killed 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare. The government on Monday, a day after the shootings, proposed tougher new gun laws amid criticism that officials didn’t take seriously enough a string of antisemitic attacks.

Police said around 1,000 people had attended the Jewish celebration, which was held in a small park off the beach.

Sunday's terrorist attack on Jewish Australians in Sydney highlights the community's fears amid rising antisemitism and government inaction since Oct.7, 2023.

Australia has agreed a string of measures to toughen national firearms laws, a day after gunmen killed 15 people in an attack on a Jewish festival in Sydney. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his cabinet and state leaders had agreed to accelerate the creation of a national firearms registry and would provide A$100mn ($66mn) to the states and territories.