WHAT WAS CLAIMED
People marched through Sydney after the Bondi mass shooting chanting Allahu Akbar.
OUR VERDICT
False. The footage is more than two years old.
AAP FACTCHECK - An old video of people chanting "Allahu Akbar" in Sydney is being reshared across social media by users falsely claiming it occurred in the wake of the Bondi terrorist attack.
The footage was actually filmed in 2023 and shows a group of people attending a protest at the Sydney Opera House in the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel.
The video has been shared widely across Facebook, Instagram and X in the week following the Bondi Beach attack, with users claiming it was actually filmed shortly after the shooting.
Sajid Akram, 50, and his 24-year-old son Naveed opened fire on a Jewish event at a Bondi Beach park, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens, on December 14, 2025.
Sajid was shot dead by police, while Naveed remains under police guard in hospital, where he has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder.
A wave of false claims about the gunmen, victims and the political reactions to the terrorist attack have spread across social media in the days after the shooting.
A December 19 Facebook post claims the video shows "radicalised Islamics" storming Sydney after the Bondi attack.
"After the Bondi Islamic radicalised massacre hot on its heals [sic] here is a video precluded sharing by FaceBook but in screen shot format of Radicalised Islamics STORMING in large numbers a shopping centre in Sydney screaming ALLAH AKBAH! [sic]," the post reads.
It includes a screenshot of a video that shows a group of people walking through a covered area displaying Lebanese and Palestinian flags.
Many other users have shared the footage in recent days, similarly claiming that it was shot in the wake of the Bondi attack, or that it was either "news" or an "update".
One post even suggests the video was shot in Melbourne "just days after Bondi Beach attack".
Others have shared the footage without specifically claiming it was shot after the Bondi attack, but those commenting have assumed the video is recent.
The video was originally posted online in October 2023 and shows people at a pro-Palestine protest at the Sydney Opera House in the wake of the October 7 attack on Israel.
It was included in an X post on October 9, 2023, the day of the pro-Palestine rally, and also in an X post the following day, which gained 1.6 million views.
The people in the video are walking along the esplanade at Circular Quay that leads to Sydney Opera House - the location can be seen on Google Maps.
AAP FactCheck has debunked several other viral posts that have reshared old footage of protests to claim they occurred after the Bondi attack.
Other widely shared videos have used old footage to claim Muslims are celebrating the terror attack, or show a gathering of "radical Islamists" following the shooting.
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