Morning Mail: death toll rises to 16 from terror attack at Bondi after shooters targeted Jewish festival, victims include a child

People console each other as police responders work at the scene of the terror attack at Bondi beach. Photograph: Blake Sharp-Wiggins/The Guardian

Good morning. Australians are this morning gripped by profound shock and grief after a terror attack targeted a Jewish festival in the Sydney suburb of Bondi Beach. At least 16 people are dead, including a child, and dozens are injured. One alleged gunman is dead and another in custody after the incident which Anthony Albanese has condemned as an “evil act of antisemitism”.

We have the latest coverage for you, along with analysis and commentary, on the nation’s worst mass shooting in decades.