Couple who tried to stop gunman and 10-year-old girl - what we know about Bondi victims

A couple in their 60s were killed desperately trying to stop one of the gunmen during the Bondi Beach terror attack.

They were among 15 people killed by two gunmen - a father and son - who targeted a Hanukkah celebration at Archer Park next to the beach on the first day of the Jewish festival of lights on Sunday evening. One of the men, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, was killed by police at the scene, having been part of the attack that killed victims aged between 10 and 87 years old.

The other gunman, 24-year-old Naveed Akram, has woken up in hospital having briefly fallen into a coma after being shot. Follow live coverage of shooting aftermath This is what we know about the victims who have been named so far.

Boris and Sofia Gurman Russian-Jewish couple Boris and Sofia, aged 69 and 61 respectively, have been identified as the first two victims of the attack after their family gave a statement to the Sydney Morning Herald. They tried to confront one of the gunmen before they were both shot dead.

Dashcam footage shows an attacker wrestling for a long-barrelled weapon with an older man in a lavender shirt and shorts, before they both fall to the ground behind a silver car. "An elderly man by the roadside did not run away - instead, he charged straight toward the danger, using all his strength trying to wrestle away the gun and fighting to the death," dashcam owner Jenny said.

"I can see from my camera that the elderly man was ultimately shot and collapsed. That moment broke my heart," she added.

A separate drone video, taken afterwards, shows the man and woman lying motionless next to the vehicles beside the bridge where the gunmen were later stopped by police. The couple's family identified them after the footage emerged.

A fundraising page has been set up for the couple by their close friends. Boris and Sofia, who lived in Bondi together, had been married 34 years and were approaching their 35th wedding anniversary next month.

The fundraising page goes on to say: "They were people of deep kindness, quiet strength, and unwavering care for others. Devoted to their family and to each other, their absence has left a void that cannot be filled.

In the moments before their passing, Boris - with Sofia courageously beside him - attempted to intervene to protect others. "This act of bravery and selflessness reflects exactly who they were: people who instinctively chose to help, even at great personal risk.

While nothing can lessen the pain of this loss, we feel immense pride in their courage and humanity." Rabbi Eli Schlanger The 41-year-old British-born rabbi, was assistant rabbi at Chabad Bondi, which organised the Hanukkah event. Mr Schlanger had lived in Sydney for the past 18 years.

He was a father of five who, along with his wife Chayala, celebrated the birth of their youngest child, a boy, two months ago, and grew up in Temple Fortune, north London, according to Jewish News. His cousin, Rabbi Dovid Lewis, of the South Manchester Synagogue, told Sky News their great-uncle, the late Reverend Leslie Olsberg, served as a rabbi at the Heaton Park Synagogue in the city, where two people were killed in a terror attack on 2 October.

He said his cousin had "dedicated his life to adding light and to spreading Torah and Judaism" and in the wake of the Manchester attack sent a post on social media saying: "We will respond with light." "There's a feeling of numbness, but there's also a feeling he lived," he said. "I'm not going to wallow in pity, I'm going to do something in his memory." He said his cousin "lit a light.