Police: Bondi Beach shooting suspects had bombs, ISIS flags and recently traveled to Philippines

Australian authorities said Tuesday that the begetter and lad who opened occurrence connected families during a Hanukkah lawsuit astatine Sydney’s Bondi Beach had packed their conveyance with improvised explosive devices and homemade ISIS flags, deepening fears that the massacre was portion of a broader onslaught crippled than initially believed.

During a property conference, investigators called the father-and-son gunmen, ages 24 and 50, "cowards" who hunted Jewish Australians "in wide daylight." Fifteen radical were killed and much than 2 twelve were injured successful the shootings, which constabulary are present formally describing arsenic an ISIS-inspired violent attack.

New South Wales Police confirmed the younger attacker’s conveyance contained IED’s and 2 homemade ISIS flags, grounds authorities said points straight to extremist inspiration and an evident intent to transportation retired a larger, coordinated assault. Forensic teams are inactive conducting ballistic and chemic examinations of the items.

"This was a barbaric onslaught against Jewish Australians," Australia’s national constabulary commissioner Krissy Barrett said. "They were hunted down successful wide daylight."

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon basal down NSW Premier Chris Minns arsenic helium speaks during a property league astatine NSW Police headquarters, pursuing a deadly shooting incidental during a Jewish vacation solemnisation astatine Bondi Beach, successful Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.  (REUTERS/Hollie Adams)

Authorities said they are inactive moving to find whether the devices were functional oregon intended for secondary targets.

Australian Federal Police (AFP) Commissioner Krissy Barrett, NSW Premier Chris Minns, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon, Minister for Police and Counter-Terrorism Yasmin Catley, be a property league during a sojourn to NSW Police headquarters, pursuing a deadly shooting incidental during a Jewish vacation solemnisation astatine Bondi Beach, successful Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025.  (REUTERS/Hollie Adams)

Mal Lanyon, the Police Commissioner for New South Wales state, said the suspects traveled to the Philippines past month. Their reasons for the travel and wherever successful the Philippines they went would beryllium probed by investigators, Lanyon said.

The portion has agelong been location to ISIS-linked networks. Groups of Muslim separatist militants, including Abu Sayyaf successful the confederate Philippines, erstwhile expressed enactment for ISIS and person hosted tiny numbers of overseas militant combatants from Asia, the Middle East and Europe successful the past.

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Decades of subject offensives, however, person considerably weakened Abu Sayyaf and different specified equipped groups, and Philippine subject and constabulary officials accidental determination has been nary caller denotation of immoderate overseas militants successful the country's south.

A pistillate kneels and prays astatine a angiosperm memorial to shooting victims extracurricular the Bondi Pavilion astatine Sydney's Bondi Beach, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, a time aft a shooting. (Mark Baker/AP Photo)

Officials said determination is presently nary grounds that further attackers oregon facilitators were progressive successful Sunday’s massacre but officials cautioned that this appraisal could alteration arsenic investigators reappraisal integer devices, question records and thousands of seized documents.

Tuesday marked the archetypal clip that officials confirmed their beliefs astir the suspects' ideologies.

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There are much than 2 twelve people, ranging successful ages from 10 to 87, inactive being treated successful hospitals aft Sunday's massacre. Ten of them, including 3 who are patients successful a children’s hospital, are successful captious condition.

Among the injured is Ahmed al Ahmed, a 42-year-old Syrian-born effect store proprietor who was captured connected video tackling and disarming 1 assailant, earlier pointing the man's limb astatine him and past mounting it connected the ground. He had country scheduled connected Wednesday for shotgun wounds to his near enarthrosis and precocious body.

People stitchery astir a tribute for shooting victims extracurricular the Bondi Pavilion astatine Sydney's Bondi Beach, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025, a time aft the shooting.  (Mark Baker/AP Photo)

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who met earlier with Ahmed, hailed him arsenic "a existent Australian hero."

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"We are a brave country. Ahmed al Ahmed represents the champion of our country. We volition not let this state to beryllium divided. That is what the terrorists seek. We volition unite. We volition clasp each other, and we'll get done this," Albanese added.

NSW Premier Chris Minns and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese be a property league astatine NSW Police headquarters, pursuing a deadly shooting incidental during a Jewish vacation solemnisation astatine Bondi Beach, successful Sydney, Australia, December 16, 2025. (REUTERS/Hollie Adams)

The older gunman was changeable dormant portion his lad was besides being treated astatine a infirmary connected Tuesday.

Albanese and the leaders of immoderate of Australia's states person pledged to tighten the country's already strict weapon already strict weapon laws successful what would beryllium the astir sweeping reforms since a shooter killed 35 radical successful Port Arthur, Tasmania successful 1996. Mass shootings successful Australia person since been rare.

Officials divulged much accusation arsenic nationalist questions and choler grew connected the 3rd time pursuing the onslaught astir however the suspects were capable to program and enact it and whether Australian Jews had been sufficiently protected from rising antisemitism.

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Albanese announced plans to further restrict entree to guns, successful portion due to the fact that it emerged the older fishy had amassed his cache of six weapons legally.

"The suspected murderers, callous successful however they allegedly coordinated their attack, appeared to person nary respect for the property oregon ableness of their victims," Barrett said. "It appears the alleged killers were funny lone successful a quest for a decease tally."