US EditionBondi Beach shooting motivated by Islamic State ideology, Australia PM says
The shooters traveled to the Philippines in November and carried ISIL flags; 15 were killed and 42 injured in Australia’s deadliest terror attack in decades, officials said.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told ABC on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025, that the Bondi Beach shooting at a Hanukkah festival killing 15 was likely motivated by Islamic State ideology.
- Investigators are probing a November trip to the Philippines, where Australian police said the two suspects travelled last month amid ISIL-linked groups operating in Mindanao and Marawi.
- Authorities reported that investigators recovered IS-style flags and improvised explosive devices in the gunmen's vehicle; Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, fired long-barrelled guns for about 10 minutes before police killed Sajid.
- Hospitals treating 25 people report more than 7,000 blood donations on Monday, while the Australian federal government and national cabinet discuss gun law reviews and restrictions.
- Experts and community leaders urged inquiries after security officials said Naveed Akram was flagged in 2019 but not deemed an imminent threat, while ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess confirmed agency interest.
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Australian leader pledges stricter gun laws after deadly Bondi shooting
SYDNEY — Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowed Monday to toughen Australia’s already strict gun laws, after the country’s worst mass shooting in three decades killed 15 people and wounded dozens more at a Jewish holiday celebration in Sydney.
The Australian authorities linked the Islamic State (IS) on Tuesday with the attack on the Jewish community in Sydney on Sunday, which left 15 dead, in addition to the death of one of the perpetrators. In addition, they stated that they will push for the tightening of firearms laws to improve licensing control systems. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed today that the attack in the Bondi area, during an act of the Jewish commun…
The two alleged perpetrators of the Bondi beach massacre in the Australian city of Sydney “inspired” themselves in the Islamic State and had travelled to the Philippines, where that terrorist organization is still active, in November, before committing last Sunday the anti-Semitic massacre in which 15 people were killed, in addition to one of the assailants, as reported by the Australian police on Tuesday. “The first signs point to a terrorist a…
Stephens: Sydney shooting is what ignoring antisemitism looks like
HeraldNet.com HeraldNet.com - Everett and Snohomish County news from The Daily Herald in Everett, Washington The Hanukkah massacre wasn’t incomprehensible, as the Australian prime minister said. That’s the problem. Stephens: Sydney shooting is what ignoring antisemitism looks like Wire Service
Mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach inspired by Islamic State, Australian police say
A Tuesday news conference by state officials marked the first official confirmation of the suspects' suspected ideologies, with the Australian PM revealing that evidence from the scene included Islamic State flags. The New South Wales Police chief suggested a possible link between them and Muslim militant groups in the Philippines
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