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Posted on 12/16/2025 6:58:02 AM PST by SeekAndFind
A senior counterterrorism official has told the ABC Naveed and Sajid Akram underwent military-style training in the southern Philippines last month.
The Philippines has been a hotspot for Islamist militants since the early 1990s, when terrorist training camps previously on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border were re-established in southern Mindanao.
The father and son returned to Australia late last month, just weeks before the Bondi Beach massacre.
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security sources have confirmed.
The revelation comes after the ABC reported Naveed Akram, 24, had longstanding links to members of Australia's pro-Islamic State (IS) network — including to notorious jihadist spiritual leader Wisam Haddad and convicted IS youth recruiter Youssef Uweinat.
Through a lawyer, Mr Haddad has said he "vehemently denies any knowledge of or involvement in the shootings that took place at Bondi Beach".
Investigators are now examining the Akrams' ties to an international jihadist network, after discovering the pair travelled to Manila in early November, according to officials briefed on the investigation.
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Captain Obvious laughs at the fact that folks have not yet determined that the greatest enemy of civilization (even greater than Islam) is a leftist government. With competent and intelligent leadership, anything is possible. Without it, you get Dorkbama and Biden leadership here, and even worse in Europe.
On the Radar...
Yuppers.
I think I remember some previous terrorist had gone to the Philippines for training.
The Islamist there are famous for terror training.
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Let’s hear how the auzi intelligence services spend gobs of taxpayer money not finding anything of interest to public safety.
It’s good to hear they are that lousy at training. Two pros would have killed a lot more people.
Muslims are better and smarter and kinder than all others, and Australia needs them to counter the vermin that make up the entire current Australian population.
There is no reason for any authorities to ever review Muslims. Just give them ever more access to weapons and ammunition to accomplish the goals authorities and Muslims share in common—executing everyone else.
The ‘extremest right’ which exist only in their heads are any free thinking person not enamored with their globalist totalitarian fantasies. I’m sure their work mantras are in line with Peter Strzok racist ramblings.
Where did they get the weapons in a country where it is supposedly illegal to own firearms?
They were Indians, not muslims.
It is not illegal to own firearms in Australia.
They do have to be registered and licensed.
It are also required to be stored and transported in certain ways. You can also only take them certain places (shooting ranges, clubs). I am pretty sure the beach is not one of those places.
I think these two guys are in trouble.
Their names (Naveed and Sajid Akram) are common in Muslim communities, and Sajid originated from Hyderabad, India (a region with a significant Muslim population).
Here we go. Now it starts to make more sense. The tactics. The steady hands and decent shot rate (4 shots in 5.4 seconds, better than Oswald).
Redacted’s Clayton Morris and his intellectually challenged wife believe Israel is behind ALL these Islamic attacks on Jews worldwide. 😏. It seems all conservative talking heads are as nuts as Candace Owens
India has the 3rd highest Muslim population (behind Indonesia and Pakistan) in the world.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/muslim-population-by-country
Are the authorities STILL mystified as to the reason behind the attack?
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