New details have emerged after last weekend’s terror attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach when two gunmen opened fire at the crowd gathered to celebrate the Jewish festival of Hanukkah, killing 15 and injuring over 40, including two police officers. Police have alleged that the accused trained for the attack in the Australian countryside, according to the court documents released on Monday (Dec 22). Meanwhile, the police said that the only surviving suspect in the shooting has been transferred from the hospital to jail.
“The accused and his father are seen throughout the video firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner,” the document states. The police said that the two carried out “firearms training” in what was believed to be the New South Wales countryside before the shooting, which happened on December 14.
Sajid and Naveed Akram, the father and son duo accused of carrying out the attack, also visited Bondi Beach days before the mass shooting for a “reconnaissance” trip, the police documents revealed.
Attackers attempted to throw bombs at the crowd
According to the documents, the pair also threw four improvised devices at the crowd moments before they started shooting at the crowd, though none of them detonated. Three pipe bombs and a tennis ball bomb were used by them. A fifth suspected bomb was found in the trunk of the vehicle they used to drive to Bondi to carry out the attack.
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Extremist video emerges
According to the police, the shooters also recorded an extremist video, in which they condemned the “Zionists”. In the video, which was recovered from one of the accused’s phone, the father and son were seen sitting in front of an Islamic State flag, reciting verses from the Quran. The two also made statements “regarding their motivation for the ‘Bondi attack’”.

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