US EditionBondi Beach Gunman ‘Pledged Allegiance to Islamic State’
- On Sunday evening near Bondi Beach, father and son Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, opened fire at a Jewish community gathering, killing 16 and injuring over 40.
- Australian counterterrorism investigators say they are examining links to Islamic State after finding an ISIS flag in the attackers' vehicle and ASIO examined Naveed Akram, 24, years ago over alleged ties.
- Authorities say Sajid Akram held a valid gun licence and owned six firearms, while improvised explosive devices described as active but rudimentary were found at the scene and Ahmed al-Ahmed, 43, disarmed an attacker.
- Authorities say they are not searching for further suspects and are continuing to probe motives, with New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon noting, `We did hear last night a lot of information was coming forward. I want to make sure that it's accurate.`
- Historically, Australia tightened gun access after a mass shooting in Tasmania that killed 35 people, and national security agencies now probe links to the Islamic State in the Bondi attack.
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The two gunmen involved in Sunday's terrorist attack on a Jewish community on Bondi beach in Sydney, where 16 people were killed, were father and son and had told their relatives that they would go fishing to the south coast. Naveed Akram, 24, was arrested in the shooting and taken to the hospital, where he remains in critical but stable police custody. His 50-year-old father, Sajid Akram, owner of a fruit shop, died on site.
Australia ignored growing Islamist threat for too long
There was an air of inevitability as news spread of the massacre at the Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach yesterday. A friend in Sydney told me that almost everyone had been expecting something like this. Counter-terrorism analysts I spoke to yesterday and local media coverage said the same thing. There is little mystery about the motive here. Sajid and Naveed Akram, the father and son who killed 15 people — including a Holocaust survivor, two rabbi…
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PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: A father and son who launched a deadly attack at Australia’s Bondi Beach during a Hanukkah celebration, killing at least 15 people, reportedly pledged loyalty to Islamic State (ISIS).WHO WAS INVOLVED: Reports indicate that Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, 50, were the attackers.WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred on Sunday evening at Bondi Beach, Sydney.KEY QUOTE: “The targeted attack on Jewish Australians …
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One of the gunmen had reportedly come under the scanner of Australian intelligence agencies around half a decade ago over a Sydney-based terror cell of the Islamic State. Some eyewitnesses say the police simply did not respond quickly enough to the incident, while Jewish groups have said that the Australian government has failed to tackle a rising tide of anti-Semitism since the outbreak of the Gaza war
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