Overview
- New South Wales Police say one suspected attacker is dead and a second is in critical condition as investigators probe whether a third assailant was involved.
- Twenty-nine people were taken to hospitals across Sydney, including two police officers and a child, with conditions described as serious and figures still provisional.
- An improvised explosive device was found and defused in the vehicle of the deceased attacker during follow-up searches, according to police briefings.
- One suspect has been identified as Naveed Akram of Bonnyrigg, and ASIO confirmed one attacker had been on surveillance lists as authorities review intelligence handling.
- Video widely shared online shows passerby Ahmed Al Ahmed disarming a gunman; officials hailed him as a hero as he remains hospitalized with gunshot wounds.