Hello and welcome to News Out from the BBC World Service, coming to you live from London.
I'm James Kamarasami.
We begin with the horror that unfolded several hours ago now on one of the world's most famous beaches,
Bondi Beach in Sydney,
a name synonymous with the laid-back enjoyment of sun, sea and surfing,
a name that will now be linked with a very different, much darker event.
The images that were filmed beforehand show a carefree occasion.
Families enjoying a celebration of the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah.
More than a thousand people, Jews and non-Jews, strolling by the sea,
eating pastries, children petting animals at a petting zoo.
And then at around 6.45pm local time, on the first day of the Jewish Festival of Lights,
two men in black shirts emerge from a car on a nearby bridge and begin to fire indiscriminately.
As the shots rang out,
there were scenes of pandemonium as terrified people rushed for safety and cover.
Among those caught up in the chaos was Marcos Cavallo.
I was actually really close to where everything was happening,
but I was on the sand and the shooting was happening on the grass next to the outdoor gym.
So I just started running for my life towards the North Bondi Grass Hill and me and a bunch of other people had to hide behind the ice cream van that is usually at North Bondi and we stayed there for what felt an eternity,
still hearing the shots.
While within the past few hours the casualty figures have risen 16 people now known to have died including one 10-year-old girl more than 40 others hospitalized.