The attack was Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years, and is being investigated as an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community.

Police in New South Wales, Australia, said they were speaking with the 24-year-old surviving suspect in the Bondi Beach mass shooting in the hospital. No charges have been issued against Naveed Akram yet, police told ABC News.

Matilda, described by her school teachers as “our little ray of sunshine,” was enjoying a petting zoo at the festivities on Sunday just before she was killed along with 14 other people.

Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed for a month in a £11-a-night hotel in Davao, one of the largest cities in the Philippines on an island hotbed of Islamic extremism

Investigators are probing a trip the father and son alleged to have carried out the attack took to the Philippines. The Sydney Opera House was lit up with a menorah overnight in a message of support and solidarity to the Australian Jewish community.

McLAY, KRISTEN GELINEAU AND ROD McGUIRK SYDNEY (AP) — An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder

The death toll of the horrific Bondi terror attack has risen to at least 16 people, including a 10-year-old schoolgirl, with fears the number of victims will continue to grow. Sky News Australia has rolling coverage of the tragedy.