MANILA: The Philippine National Police launched on Wednesday a probe into the recent visit to the country of a father and son whom Australian authorities have identified as suspects in last week’s mass shooting in Sydney. Two gunmen killed 15 people and wounded dozens of others during Hanukkah celebrations at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday. The suspected shooters, identified by Australian authorities as Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram, traveled to the Philippines last month.

Police identify father and son as perpetrators of Bondi Beach mass shooting, Australia's deadliest gun violence incident in decades.

Naveed Akram identified as alleged shooter seen firing from bridge, with reports his father Sajid was shot dead by police