Overview
- Investigators released phone footage showing Sajid and Naveed Akram training with rifles before an Islamic State flag and voicing extremist rhetoric tied to the group.
- Police documents say the pair threw four improvised explosive devices, including a tennis-ball bomb, that failed to detonate, and a fifth device was later found in their car.
- The attackers displayed ISIS flags in their vehicle, conducted a reconnaissance at Bondi Beach days earlier, and used multiple firearms that authorities say were legally owned by the father.
- Naveed Akram was transferred from hospital to prison and did not appear in court, as he faces 15 murder charges and dozens of attempted-murder counts.
- NSW unveiled plans to cap individual gun ownership at four, outlaw terrorist symbols and certain slogans, and enable protest bans after attacks, while federal leaders floated tougher hate-incitement offenses and ISIS channels praised the assault without a formal claim.