'People are calling it a massacre': Cork man says locals fear Bondi Beach is no longer safe

Cork man Jean-Noel Murphy said the area wgere the shooting took place is so full of Irish that some call Bondi the '33rd county'
Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a shooting at Bondi Beach. Picture: AP Photo/Mark Baker

Emergency workers transport a person on a stretcher after a shooting at Bondi Beach. Picture: AP Photo/Mark Baker

A Cork man living close to Bondi Beach has expressed his shock at the mass shooting in an area which is so full of Irish that some call Bondi the "33rd county".

Construction worker Jean-Noel Murphy, who is originally from Bishopstown, says he visits the beach every week and he would often be on the balcony of the Pavilion Hotel which overlooks the bridge from which two men launched the attack.

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