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.

For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.

At least 15 people were killed and dozens more were injured in a mass shooting targeting Jews celebrating Hanukkah on Australia's Bondi Beach. Anna Coren has more.

A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media.

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.

Wayne and Vanessa Miller's little girls were "having an absolute ball" at a Jewish holiday event at Bondi Beach, before gunmen shattered the joy.

In a touching show of community spirit, Sydneysiders collected and organized the belongings left behind by beachgoers who fled the fatal Bondi shooting on Sunday.Two gunmen fired at a Jewish event being held at the beach about 6:40 pm on Sunday,