Bondi Beach, Australia
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'Police have not identified any connection to the current police investigation of the Bondi terror attack,' authorities said
Authorities say the arrests came after they received intelligence suggesting a possible threat, but they have stressed there is no confirmed link to the ongoing investigation into the Bondi incident
The police received information that a “violent act” was possibly being planned by the group who were on their way to Bondi Beach.
This is Tuesday’s coverage of the fallout from the mass shooting at Bondi Beach. The death toll remains at 15 with 22 victims still in hospital and 9 of them in critical condition. One of the alleged shooters, Sajid Akram, is also dead. The other alleged shooter, Naveed Akram, has reportedly woken from his almost 48-hour coma.
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New South Wales police intercept cars en route to Bondi Beach, arrest seven to stop ‘violent act'
The men were en route to Bondi Beach, but police noted that they had not yet connected the arrests to Sunday's terrorist attack.
The alleged father and son gunmen who killed at least 15 people in a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach may have been inspired by the ISIS terrorist organization.
Footage shows multiple arrests being made after Australian counterterrorism police stopped seven suspects from allegedly enacting another attack on Bondi Beach.