Drone footage shows Bondi Beach gunmen on bridge

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Australian police say a shooting at Bondi Beach, which killed 12 people - including one gunman - targeted the Jewish community on the first day of Hanukkah.

29 people were injured, with a second gunman in critical condition.

Drone footage shows appears to show a gunman firing from a bridge in a nearby carpark.

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Split screen image with BBC correspondent Katy Watson on the left. She is on a boat near Bondi Beach and is wearing a yellow shirt. On the right is a orange sign that reads shark sighted at a beach.

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Split screen of BBC correspondent Katy Watson on the left, and Erin Patterson on the right

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Bob Katter, wearing an akubra hat and dark suit, raises his fist toward a journalist wearing a white shirt.

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A small plane making an emergency landing on a golf course in Sydney, Australia

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Erin Patterson sitting at table in police station

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Katy Watson wears a wetsuit and stands up to her chest in the sea. She has snorkelling goggles around her neck. There is a long rocky outcrop behind her and a blue sky.

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Peter Falconio and Joanne Lees

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Erin Patterson checking herself out of hospital

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The BBC's Katy Watson is pictured on the left. She wears a blue coat and a red jumper. Erin Patterson is pictured on the right. She wears a grey jumper and stands in front of a car.