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Australia's quality work investigated 1 of the alleged gunmen successful the Bondi Beach shooting for links to the Islamic State radical six years ago, the nationalist broadcaster said connected Monday (December 15, 2025).
A 50-year-old begetter and his 24-year-old lad are accused of opening fire connected Sunday (December 14, 2025) connected a Hanukkah festival astatine the famed Sydney beach, sidesplitting 15 radical and wounding much than 40 others.
Australian media named the gunmen arsenic Sajid Akram, who was killed successful a shootout with police, and his lad Naveed Akram, who was successful infirmary successful a captious information nether constabulary guard.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation looked into the lad successful 2019, according to nationalist broadcaster ABC, which cited an unnamed elder authoritative successful the associated counter-terrorism cognition investigating the Bondi Beach attack.
It said Naveed Akram was believed to beryllium intimately connected to an Islamic State subordinate who was arrested successful July 2019 and convicted of preparing a violent enactment successful Australia. The broadcaster said counter-terrorism detectives believed the 2 Bondi Beach gunmen had pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
Senior officials reportedly told that the ABC 2 IS flags were recovered successful the gunmen's car astatine the beach.
ASIO Director-General Mike Burgess told reporters connected Sunday (December 14, 2025) that 1 of the gunmen was "known to america but not successful an contiguous menace perspective".
"So, evidently we request to look into what happened here," helium added.
New South Wales constabulary said they could not corroborate the ABC report. ASIO said it "does not remark connected individuals oregon ongoing investigations".
