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It started as a fun and sunny day at the beach and ended in a gruesome bloodbath that nobody saw coming…
15 people shot dead, dozens more injured, after 2 crazed assailants went on a 10-minute-long shooting rampage on Australia’s famous Bondi Beach. The terror attack was a stark reminder that a mass shooting can happen when – and where – you least expect it. While we can’t always predict a tragedy like this, there are some things we can do to prepare ourselves for if/when it does happen.
In the wake of the Bondi terror attacks, a former sniper is one of the experts who has been dishing out free advice on what to do should you ever find yourself in an active shooting situation. He also explains exactly how to locate the shooter so that you can act accordingly.
Bored Panda has gathered a bunch of expert advice, including his, for anyone who would rather be safe than sorry. You’ll find it all below. But we hope you will never actually need to use it.
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15 dead, dozens more injured, after 2 crazed gunmen went on the rampage on Australia’s Bondi Beach
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A former sniper has outlined what to do should you ever find yourself in a similar situation
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Watch the former sniper’s full video here:
@cfh.unfiltered This weekend included multiple mass-casualty attacks, including incidents near Brown University and at Bondi in Australia, highlighting how often civilians face active-shooter situations without practical guidance; in this video, I share three actions that increase your chances of survival and three common mistakes that increase risk during a mass shooting. #bondibeachaustralia#brownuniversity#masssoothing2025♬ original sound – CFH unfiltered
In a follow-up video, he explained exactly how to locate the shooter so you can act accordingly
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Here’s part 2 of his video series
@cfh.unfiltered This weekend included multiple mas casualty attacks, including incidents at Brown University and at Bondi in Australia. A lot of young people personally asked me “how will I know where the shooting is coming from?” I made this video to answer that question. We live in a dark world, we have to do our best to survive. #bondibeachaustralia#brownuniversity#masssoothing2025♬ original sound – CFH unfiltered
Many welcomed the advice but were sad that this is where we find ourselves
Run, hide, fight: the most important rule that could save your life
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There have been almost 400 mass shootings in the U.S. over the past year
The Gun Violence Archive defines a mass shooting as “an incident where four or more people are injured or killed, not including the shooter.”
The Rockefeller Institute of Government goes a bit more in-depth. It defines a mass shooting as an incident of targeted violence carried out by one or more shooters at one or more public or populated locations.
“Multiple victims (both injuries and fatalities) are associated with the attack, and both the victims and location(s) are chosen either at random or for their symbolic value,” explains the site. “The event occurs within a single 24-hour period, though most attacks typically last only a few minutes. The motivation of the shooting must not correlate with gang violence or targeted militant or terroristic activity.”
The Institute’s Mass Shooting Fact Sheet states that you’re most likely to be caught in a mass shooting at work or school, but they can happen anywhere, as we saw with the Bondi Beach attacks. These incidents happen more on weekdays than on weekends. And the majority of perpetrators (94.7%) are male, with an average of 34.5 years old.
According to Forbes magazine, there have been 393 mass shootings in the United States over the past year. While that’s down by 20% from the same time period last year, it’s still a high number. “A total of 348 people have been killed in mass shootings in 2025, the lowest year-to-date number since 336 people were killed in 2018,” adds Forbes.
“Since 1966, 1,728 people have been killed and 2,697 injured in mass public shootings. These statistics translate to an average of 3.4 people killed and 5.3 people injured in each mass public shooting event,” reports the Rockefeller Institute.
While America has bad reputation for being a hotbed for mass shootings, some of the worst ones have happened elsewhere. 148 people lost their lives in Kenya in 2015, at the hands of the Somali terrorist group al-Shabab. Four gunmen stormed the Garissa University, targeting students and staff who self-identified as Christians.
That same year, ISIS went on a 2-day reign of terror in Paris, France. 130 people died and 494 were injured by the assailants who who used assault rifles and explosives. Innocent bystanders in restaurants, a concert hall, a sports stadium, and on the sidewalks were defenceless.
“My teacher threw a chair”: people shared their own personal experiences and reactions
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Others shared their own advice on how to survive a shooting and minimize the number of casualties
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Sea Squirrel 9 hours ago
The best way to survive someone with a gun, is to prevent that everybody can have a gun.
Zig Zag Wanderer 9 hours ago (edited)
Well, apparently (according to several nutters I've come across on the interwebs), you need to have several guns on you at all times to prevent this kind of problem. It's quite difficult to argue with such people. Not because their argument is in any way sensible, but because they sound as though they are utterly deranged, and terrified of everything around thrm. It must be a horrifying way to live.
Load More Replies... Zig Zag Wanderer 9 hours ago (edited)
The fact is that most guns have only one purpose, and that is to mûrder people. It needs to be said. The idea that people need the right to carry such lethal instruments at all times, in order to protect themselves from their fellow citizens, or even their own government, is not something that needs to be debated, it is grounds for psychiatric intervention. Civilised countries understood this a long time ago.
Trillian 8 hours ago
Most people shouldn't be allowed to carry a fork let alone a gun
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UKDeek 9 hours ago
Run Hide Tell has been in the UK since 2017, and is advice given to the public in the event of a terrorist attack. If you have to hide, please remember to turn your mobile phone to silent, as any noise could give away your position.
Gavin Johnson 7 hours ago
Here’s an article that thankfully I have absolutely no need to read. My country is safe and sound tyvm, next to no gun crime and definitely no mass murders. 2A? Pfff, I’ll take no ‘shooter drills’ and next to no firearms deaths every day of the week.
ShortHairLittleFlare 8 hours ago
You only really need to know this if you're going to America (or if you already live there).
BookFanatic 28 minutes ago
I work in a public library and we have an annual active shooter drill before we open to the public. Training varies. One year we might just be advised to hide when the announcement is made. Another year we'll all be expected to get out of the building and walk the designated route to our safe meeting place. Last year a police officer/"active shooter" walked in and fired a weapon so we'd all scatter. Scared a lot of my colleagues. I know they're trying to prepare us for a variety of possible situations, but d**n. Gunfire in a public library is something else.
Ian Webling 5 hours ago
Glad I'm in the Third World. First World Civilisation problems are dire.
Crystalwitch60 6 hours ago (edited)
It comes to something when a military trained sniper ,has to do this to help keep people safe these days , all down “mostly is anyway “ down to FREAKING RELIGION 🤬the dam route of all evil, some are down to just lunatics , , as in the Irish school shooting , that prompted the boomtown rats I don’t like Mondays . A true thing a girl yes a girl shot down all her school back in the 1970,s n it has only got worse all around the world , except uk , we don’t get gun crime , nope we have f kin knife crime , on a weekly at times mostly in LONDON (ur safer in the Bronx honestly ) but other inner cities to ,again religion mostly is the reason , or white kids knifing black kids etc , or mostly the other way around ! It’s awful isn’t , n the bondi beach was horric religion again PEOPLE CUT THIS SHITE OUT LIVE AN LET LIVE PLEASE 💔ty op for this video x here’s hope we won’t need it xx
Sea Squirrel 9 hours ago
The best way to survive someone with a gun, is to prevent that everybody can have a gun.
Zig Zag Wanderer 9 hours ago (edited)
Well, apparently (according to several nutters I've come across on the interwebs), you need to have several guns on you at all times to prevent this kind of problem. It's quite difficult to argue with such people. Not because their argument is in any way sensible, but because they sound as though they are utterly deranged, and terrified of everything around thrm. It must be a horrifying way to live.
Load More Replies... Zig Zag Wanderer 9 hours ago (edited)
The fact is that most guns have only one purpose, and that is to mûrder people. It needs to be said. The idea that people need the right to carry such lethal instruments at all times, in order to protect themselves from their fellow citizens, or even their own government, is not something that needs to be debated, it is grounds for psychiatric intervention. Civilised countries understood this a long time ago.
Trillian 8 hours ago
Most people shouldn't be allowed to carry a fork let alone a gun
Load More Replies... UKDeek 9 hours ago
Run Hide Tell has been in the UK since 2017, and is advice given to the public in the event of a terrorist attack. If you have to hide, please remember to turn your mobile phone to silent, as any noise could give away your position.
Gavin Johnson 7 hours ago
Here’s an article that thankfully I have absolutely no need to read. My country is safe and sound tyvm, next to no gun crime and definitely no mass murders. 2A? Pfff, I’ll take no ‘shooter drills’ and next to no firearms deaths every day of the week.
ShortHairLittleFlare 8 hours ago
You only really need to know this if you're going to America (or if you already live there).
BookFanatic 28 minutes ago
I work in a public library and we have an annual active shooter drill before we open to the public. Training varies. One year we might just be advised to hide when the announcement is made. Another year we'll all be expected to get out of the building and walk the designated route to our safe meeting place. Last year a police officer/"active shooter" walked in and fired a weapon so we'd all scatter. Scared a lot of my colleagues. I know they're trying to prepare us for a variety of possible situations, but d**n. Gunfire in a public library is something else.
Ian Webling 5 hours ago
Glad I'm in the Third World. First World Civilisation problems are dire.
Crystalwitch60 6 hours ago (edited)
It comes to something when a military trained sniper ,has to do this to help keep people safe these days , all down “mostly is anyway “ down to FREAKING RELIGION 🤬the dam route of all evil, some are down to just lunatics , , as in the Irish school shooting , that prompted the boomtown rats I don’t like Mondays . A true thing a girl yes a girl shot down all her school back in the 1970,s n it has only got worse all around the world , except uk , we don’t get gun crime , nope we have f kin knife crime , on a weekly at times mostly in LONDON (ur safer in the Bronx honestly ) but other inner cities to ,again religion mostly is the reason , or white kids knifing black kids etc , or mostly the other way around ! It’s awful isn’t , n the bondi beach was horric religion again PEOPLE CUT THIS SHITE OUT LIVE AN LET LIVE PLEASE 💔ty op for this video x here’s hope we won’t need it xx
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