Overview
- New Year’s Eve festivities paused for a minute’s silence at 11 p.m., and the Harbour Bridge glowed white with a menorah projected onto its pylons.
- Roughly 3,000 police, some carrying long arms, were deployed across central Sydney as crowds gathered for the fireworks.
- Authorities said the December 14 shooting at Hanukkah events was inspired by ISIS but found no evidence of direction by a wider cell.
- Sajid Akram was shot dead by police during the attack, and his son Naveed remains in custody charged with 15 murders plus terrorism and firearms offenses.
- Investigators are examining the pair’s November trip to Davao in the Philippines and released images of weapons training and an October video recorded before a homemade ISIS flag.