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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
John Besley

Australian police say Bondi terror attack was ‘inspired by Islamic State’

People attend a Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK event in Westminster, central London (Yui Mok/PA) - (PA Wire)

Early indications from the police investigations into the Bondi terror attack suggest the killers were “inspired by” the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, Australia’s federal police commissioner said.

Fifteen innocent people were killed when father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, armed with what police described as “long guns”, opened fire on more than 1,000 people attending a Jewish festival in the Archer Park area of the popular beach at 6.47pm local time on Sunday.

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