Australia: Several Killed As Mass Shooting Incident Rocks New South Wales

Sydney: At least three people were reported to be killed in a shooting incident at Lake Cargelligo in Australia's New South Wales on Thursday afternoon.

What did the police say?

Police officials informed the media that among the three people who died, two were women. The other victim was while another man was rushed to hospital after the shooting incident in what they described as a “serious but stable condition”. 

The New South Wales police informed that at around 4.40 pm (local time), emergency services were called to Walker Street, near Yelkin Street, Lake Cargelligo, following reports of a shooting.

“Officers attached to Central West Police District attended the scene,” the police said in a post on X (formerly Twitter).

The shooting comes just a little over a month after a father and son duo killed 15 people in a mass shooting on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach in Australia on December 14, 2025, in a tragedy that shook the nation.