Philippines, Sydney and Naveed Akram
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Bondi Beach, Philippines and Islamic State
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Spending by Bondi shooters Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram in a Philippines terror hotspot should have been flagged by Australia’ financial monitoring system, industry sources say, with experts questioning how the men avoided raising the suspicion of intelligence agencies despite weeks on the ground.
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Bondi terrorists travelled to Philippines for 'military-style training', security sources say
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security sources have confirmed.
Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the terror attack on Jewish people at Bondi Beach was "motivated by ISIS ideology."
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,
BONDI Beach gunman Naveed Akram had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, authorities believe. Akram, 24, was investigated by Australian spy agency the ASIO in 2019. Naveed’s father, Sajid