A video posted on TikTok claims that the attackers were walking on Bondi Beach before the Sunday attack. The clip shows many people walking along the beach, with two figures seen carrying bags. The post reads: "The culprits are walking on the beach before Att*ack." The video has more than 270K views.

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DW Fact check: Fake The video is fake, more specifically AI-generated. There appears to be a pattern in the placement of figures, and the umbrellas look too similar. Another clue is the shadows: discrepancies in the size and direction of shadows are visible. In the initial frames, the shadows of three figures appear to go in different directions. The background provides another clue. The video shows large trees at regular intervals, including one close to the cliff. On closer inspection, these trees follow a repeating pattern, a common AI artifact. And the trees remain almost the same in size, though at a bigger distance, where the size should normally become smaller. Comparing the clip to original images of Bondi Beach shows that the cliff is not as smooth as depicted in the video, and there are no such large trees there either. The short, eight-second clip is shot from a bird's-eye view, typical of AI-generated videos, which often use wide angles to avoid showing faces.

Reviewed by Deutsche Welle ↗ · December 15, 2025