Sajid and Naveed Akram returned to Sydney from Davao just around two weeks before the deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach on December 14.

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.

Naveed Akram, the 24-year-old who is accused of carrying out the Bondi Beach terror attack with his father, the slain Sajid Akram, has awoken in hospital. Charges are expected to be laid. Australian investigators are working with their Philippine counterparts after it was revealed the duo took a trip to the country recently.

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,