Overview
- Naveed Akram was charged with 15 terrorism counts and roughly 40 other offenses after waking from a coma, and he is set to appear by video link, while his father Sajid was killed by police at the scene.
- Police say two homemade Islamic State flags were seized from a car registered to Naveed, and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the motive as adherence to ISIS ideology.
- The NSW government will recall parliament next week to tighten firearms licensing and curb protest activity, as police confirm Sajid Akram legally held six guns that were recovered after the attack.
- Investigators are examining the pair’s November travel to Davao in Mindanao, alleging military-style training, a claim publicly rejected by the Philippine government for lack of evidence.
- Funerals have begun for members of the local Jewish community, and dashcam footage has identified Boris and Sofia Gurman among civilians who tried to disarm a gunman, alongside accounts of intervention by Ahmed Al Ahmed.