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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Spate of violent attacks sparks fears of Islamic State revival
The father-and-son gunmen who killed 15 people on Sydney’s Bondi Beach had homemade Islamic State group flags and traveled to a Philippines region known as a hotspot for extremist groups. IS is a shadow of its mid-2010s heyday, when it controlled much of Iraq and Syria, but remains a threat, The Telegraph reported. Islamist attackers in Canada and the UK this year both pledged allegiance to IS, and there are signs that affiliated groups are expl…
After the deadly attack on a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, suspicion of an Islamist motive has hardened. The alleged perpetrators have apparently been supporters of the IS militia.
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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…
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