Bondi Beach shooting suspect charged with terrorism and 15 counts of murder
The younger suspect, Akram, was investigated in 2019 for six months over his alleged extremist associations by Australia’s domestic intelligence agency but police said it was determined that he posed no threat.
Two homemade Islamic State flags were found in the younger suspect’s car, police said Tuesday, adding that the pair flew to the Philippines in the month prior to the attack.
Philippine authorities said Tuesday the father, an Indian national, and the son, an Australian national, spent a month in the country and flew to Davao, a coastal commercial city that is also the main gateway to areas where extremists have held a presence.
Meanwhile, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his cabinet have vowed to review the country’s gun control laws.
“We can’t get around the fact that a fellow was able to get a gun license, have six guns, four of which were used in this attack,” he told Australia’s ABC radio Wednesday.
