Philippine police dismiss speculation Naveed and Sajid Akram underwent training during four-week stay in Davao City
The Bondi terror attacks suspects spent their entire four-week visit to the Philippines in Davao City, rarely leaving their hotel expect for an hour or so at a time, and never talking to any other guests or receiving visitors, according to Philippine police and hotel staff.
The initial police investigation casts more light on the four-week trip by the alleged gunmen, the father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, amid speculation that they went to the Philippines to receive military training from Islamist groups believed to operate in the country.
Naveed Akram, 24, has been charged by police in Australia with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder after allegedly opening fire on a Jewish Hanukah celebration at Bondi beach on Sunday. He was seriously injured in a subsequent shootout with police and his father, Sajid, 50, was shot dead.
Australian police have also charged Naveed with one count of committing a terrorist act, which investigators allege may have been “inspired by” Islamic State after indications that the pair were radicalised in some way before the attack.
