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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Anne Davies NSW state correspondent

‘They were shot in the front’: premier and top cop defend police response to Bondi terror attack

The NSW premier, Chris Minns, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the NSW police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, in Sydney.
The NSW premier, Chris Minns, the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, and the NSW police commissioner, Mal Lanyon. The premier and commissioner have defended the police response to the Bondi attack. Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The New South Wales premier, Chris Minns, and the police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, have defended the force’s response to the Bondi beach terrorist attack, saying officers with handguns took out the two gunmen who were armed with high-powered weapons.

“I am incredibly proud of our police officers,” Lanyon said on Tuesday. “They were confronted by two men armed with long arms. Our police at the scene were armed with pistols.”

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