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 duo had listed Davao, a large city in the southern part of the Philippines on the island of Mindanao, as their destination. Their return flight was booked for Sydney.

Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that the terror attack on Jewish people at Bondi Beach was "motivated by ISIS ideology."

The shooting occurred on Sunday evening at Bondi Beach while a Hanukkah gathering was underway. Australian authorities said Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, opened fire using rifles, killing at least 15 people and injuring 42 others.

The Philippines said Wednesday there was no evidence that the country was being used for terrorist training, a day after it was

Sajid Akram, a gunman in the Bondi Beach shooting, had minimal contact with his Hyderabad family, who disowned him after his marriage. The family denies knowledge of his radicalisation, which investigators believe is unrelated to Indian influences.

Intelligence agencies revealed that one of the shooters in the Bondi Beach terror attack, Naveed Akram, came under police radar six years back in connection with a Sydney-based Islamic State cell.

BONDI Beach gunman Naveed Akram had pledged allegiance to Islamic State, authorities believe. Akram, 24, was investigated by Australian spy agency the ASIO in 2019. Naveed’s father, Sajid