AFP and NSW Police confirmed the duo possessed extremist material, and IEDs as the counter-terror probe deepens.
A wooden Star of David is seen as people gather around floral tributes outside Bondi Pavilion in Sydney, Australia on Dec. 16, 2025, to honour victims of the Bondi Beach shooting. David Gray/AFP via Getty Images
12/16/2025|Updated: 12/16/2025
Australia’s counter-terrorism authorities now say the mass shooters who targeted a Jewish celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach were inspired by Islamic State ideology.
Naziya Alvi Rahman is a Canberra-based journalist who covers political issues in Australia. She can be reached at [email protected].
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