The father and son duo suspected of carrying out a massacre at Sydney’s famed Bondi Beach on Sunday were “driven by Islamic state ideology,” police say, and they recently traveled to a part of the Philippines – which has previously been a hotbed of Islamic extremism.

Sajid Akram had "limited" contact with his family in Hyderabad since moving to Australia 27 years ago, a police official said.

Naveed Akram, the 24-year-old alleged shooter, was charged on Wednesday after waking from a coma in a Sydney hospital, where he has been since police shot him and his father at Bondi. His father Sajid Akram,

Bondi Beach shooters Sajid and Naveed Akram, who killed 15 unarmed civilians in Sydney, travelled to the Philippines to receive military-style training from Islamist outfits, according to reports. While Sajid used an Indian passport,

Standing in the rain outside a suburban Sydney train station, seventeen-year-old Naveed Akram stares into the camera and urges those watching to spread the word of Islam.

Sajid Akram was shot dead at the scene, while Naveed was arrested and remains under police guard in hospital with serious injuries.

Two gunmen who killed at least 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney's Bondi Beach in Australia were a father and son, police said on Monday.

A muslim cemetary has been vandalised with decapitated pig heads as Australian leaders plead for calm following the Bondi massacre on Sunday.