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Security agencies in Bondi royal commission spotlight
The commission will outline possible intelligence lapses and how 2 men planned the attack, after 15 people were killed at Bondi Beach.
- On Thursday, the Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion releases its interim report examining security failures surrounding the December 14 Bondi Beach terror attack that killed 15 people.
- Shooter Naveed Akram and his father Sajid Akram planned the assault, prompting government scrutiny; Agency Director-General Mike Burgess said the gunmen "went dark to stay off the radar."
- Commissioner Virginia Bell warned the inquiry's scope is limited by the ongoing criminal case against Akram, stating, "This commission must do its work without risking any prejudice to that criminal proceeding."
- Former royal commissioner Ronald Sackville suggested the report will recount events rather than offer major revelations, while Sabina Kleitman, whose father Alex Kleytman died shielding his wife, said, "None of what happened makes me feel good."
- Public hearings begin next week in Sydney from May 4 to 15, addressing Jewish-Australian lived experiences of anti-Semitism, with the final report due December 14, marking 12 months since the attack.
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