Jon Kay and Sally Nugent announced the latest news headlines on Monday’s BBC Breakfast
Monday’s BBC Breakfast began with the devastating news of a shooting in Australia.
The attack at Bondi Beach on Sunday resulted in the death of 15 people, occurring during an event marking the first day of the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described it as “an act of pure evil.”
Presenters Jon Kay and Sally Nugent introduced the latest episode of the BBC show with a report on the incident, reports the Express.
“Mourners have been gathering to pay their respects to the victims, who were aged from 10 to 87,” Jon shared just minutes into the programme.
Sally added: “Police say the two gunmen were a 50-year-old father who died at the scene and his 24-year-old son who remains in hospital in a critical condition.”
The broadcast then switched to Sydney correspondent Phil Mercer, who shared: “The Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited the scene of his country’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years. He called it an evil targeted attack on the Jewish community, and said it was beyond anyone’s worst nightmares.”
Footage showed the Prime Minister stating: “What we saw yesterday was an act of pure evil, an act of terror, an act of anti-Semitism. An attack on the first day of Hanukkah targeted the Jewish community.
“A dark day in Australia’s history on what should have been a day of life.”
The reporter continued: “Police say two gunmen, a father and son, opened fire on people attending a Jewish festival. The older man was shot dead by the police. His son is critically ill in the hospital.”
He went on: “The attack here of Australia’s most famous speech will leave a lasting trauma on the community.
“Many witnesses who are on this famous arc of sand have told us how the gunfire seemed to go on for an eternity. And many of those who were here at the time have returned to lay flowers and remember the dead.”
The programme also heard from witness Tahlia Blundell, who said: “I’m devastated. It’s just like unbelievable. You just don’t think that that would happen here in this community. Like, still I don’t believe it’s happened.
“I feel like it’s a dream or something because I just, it doesn’t feel real.”
BBC Breakfast is broadcast from 6am on BBC One.
