multiple People Wounded in Shooting Near Sydney Rugby Club
SYDNEY, Oct 6 – A shooting incident near a rugby club in Sydney, Australia, left over a dozen people injured on Friday, police confirmed. The incident, described as “serious and terrifying” by New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon, is currently under examination and no charges have been laid against the alleged gunman as of Friday evening.
One man presented at a hospital with a gunshot wound and is expected to survive. The remaining injured individuals were treated at the scene by ambulance staff for minor injuries, primarily caused by shattered glass from bullets impacting car windows.
witness tadgh, who spoke to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), described the scene as “something out of a movie, really,” recounting “very loud ‘bang, bang, bang’ and flash-bangs and sparks and smoke and the whole works.”
Mass shootings are uncommon in Australia, largely due to strict gun control laws implemented following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania, where a lone gunman killed 35 people. A ban on automatic and semi-automatic weapons has been in place nationwide sence that tragedy.
The motive behind Friday’s shooting remains unclear, but authorities have stated there are “no known links to terrorism activity or any gang activity.”
This incident follows another recent case involving an alleged gunman, Dezi freeman, who remains at large after being accused of killing two police officers in August. In 2022, six people, including two police officers, were killed in a shooting near Wieambilla, Queensland.
