ABC airs former Asio agent’s claims that Bondi shooters were radicalised years ago, despite agency’s criticism

Mourners pay their respects to the victims of the Bondi beach terror attack. ABC’s Four Corners episode exploring the attack and the role of intelligence agencies has prompted an unusual intervention from Asio. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

The ABC’s Four Corners has broadcast claims by a former undercover agent that father and son terrorists Sajid and Naveed Akram were showing signs of being radicalised years before they killed 15 people at Bondi beach.

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (Asio) assessed Naveed, then 17, over his alleged associations with individuals involved in a Islamic State cell in 2019, but later concluded he was not an ongoing threat.