Former England captain Michael Vaughan has described listening to gunshots throughout Sunday’s terrorist assault at Bondi Seashore as “terrifying”.

Vaughan, who’s in Australia commentating on the Ashes, was locked inside a restaurant “a number of hundred yards from Bondi” for a number of hours alongside his spouse, sister-in-law, two daughters, and a good friend.

The 51-year-old, who’s staying in close by Coogee and had spent the day together with his household watching his son’s cricket match, was on his telephone outdoors the restaurant when he heard what he thought was “fireworks” coming from the seaside earlier than being informed to get inside by a bouncer.

Authorities have confirmed that at the very least 15 civilians, together with one youngster, have been killed within the assault, which focused a Hanukkah celebration on the seaside held by Sydney’s Jewish neighborhood.

Chatting with BBC Radio 5 Reside, Vaughan stated: “Yesterday was a surreal day that I do not actually wish to undergo once more.

“I am deeply saddened by every thing that has gone on.

“To be 300 yards away, in a pub locked away, scary occasions.

“I have a look at Bondi and Sydney specifically – it is like my second house. Australia is an incredible nation, and it is most likely one of many international locations in the entire world the place I all the time say it is the most secure. It is the most secure place.”

Police have confirmed a father and son have been the alleged shooters, with the older man killed on the scene and the opposite in hospital in a important situation.

Writing in The Telegraph, exterior, Vaughan added: “Like most individuals, I’ve been at house watching terrorist assaults unfold in London, or Manchester, close to the place I stay.

“That each one feels very near house, and is horrifying. However to be so shut which you can hear it taking place is terrifying.”