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Philippines President Ferdinand “Bong Bong” Marcos Jr has dismissed as “misleading” claims the country is an “ISIS training hotspot” after his own immigration bureau confirmed the father and son Bondi Beach gunmen travelled to the southern province of Mindanao last month,
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Sydney to 'IS hub' in Philippines and then Bondi Beach: Shooter Sajid Akram's trail of terror
Sajid and Naveed Akram returned to Sydney from Davao just around two weeks before the deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach on December 14.
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Bondi Beach shooting suspect arrived in Philippines as 'Indian national': Immigration
Sajid Akram and his son Naveed spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, with the older man entering as an "Indian national", authorities in Manila said.
The alleged gunman lost his job several months ago. His family said he pretended he was on a fishing trip for the weekend.
Fifteen people were killed and another 42 were injured when Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram, 24, opened fire with rifles on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach
Authorities in Australia are investigating why the two alleged Bondi shooters Naveed and Sajid Akram travelled to the Philippines last month. The trip took place weeks before they launched a terror attack against the Jewish community on Australian soil.