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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Carmela Fonbuena

Jordanian arrested for visa offences after alleged Bondi attackers visited his coffee shop during Philippines stay

The Davao City street where terror suspects Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram stayed during their visit to the Philippines
Authorities in the Philippines have arrested a Jordanian national for visa violations after the alleged gunmen behind the Bondi beach shooting visited his business while staying in Davao City before December’s attack. Photograph: Manman Dejeto/The Guardian

A Jordanian national whose coffee shop was visited by the alleged gunmen behind December’s Bondi beach terrorist attack – and who frequently traveled to Australia and the Middle East – has been arrested in the Philippines for overstaying his visa.

Authorities investigating the gunmen’s month-long stay in Mindanao Island, in the country’s south, alleged that Mohammad Odeh Saleh, 65, had travelled to Australia in the years before his arrest in Pagadian City on Monday.

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