Police intercepted two vehicles in a Sydney suburb based on "information received that a violent act was possibly being planned."

Videos from the tragedy give a clearer picture of how the antisemitic attack unfolded and how an officer, armed only with a handgun, moved in to take out the attackers from 45 meters (150 feet) away – helping to end Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.

Vast police-state powers adopted over the past two decades under the false banner of combatting terrorism are being expanded in a bid to silence the opposition of workers and youth to genocide, war, social inequality and austerity.

A child is one of at least 15 people killed in an attack in Australia at one of the world’s most famous beaches. One of the gunman was also shot dead.

Nazih Chahine, 19, is accused of making antisemitic threats and using his hand to mimic a gun toward a female passenger during a flight from Bali. Federal police arrested Chahine once the flight landed at Sydney International Airport on Wednesday.

Preliminary evidence indicates Naveed Akram, 24, staged a “terrorist attack inspired by ISIS," police said Wednesday. The charges came as the first funerals for victims were held under tight security.

Australian police have detained seven men during anti-terror raids in Sydney on Thursday as the country lays to rest the youngest victim of the deadly Bondi Beach attack.

Hundreds of mourners have gathered in Sydney for the funeral of a 10-year-old girl killed in an antisemitic massacre during a Hanukkah celebration