(From left to right) Bondi Beach shooter Sajid's son Navid Akram and a two-storey house in Hyderabad’s Tolichowki area. (Source: Special Arrangement)
Police documents released on Monday have revealed new details in the investigation into the Bondi shooting, including claims that the attackers brought improvised explosives to the scene and recorded a video manifesto inspired by Islamic State, The Guardian reported.
According to court documents, Naveed Akram, 24, is accused of killing 15 people and injuring dozens during an attack at a Hanukah celebration on December 14. His father, Sajid Akram, 50, who police say was also involved, died at the scene.
A police fact sheet alleges that three pipe bombs and a “tennis ball bomb” were thrown towards the crowd before the shooting began. The devices did not explode, but police said they were “viable improvised explosive devices”.
Police also allege the attack was planned over several months. A video found on Naveed Akram’s phone, recorded in October, reportedly shows him and his father sitting in front of an image of the Islamic State flag.
In the video, police say Naveed appears to recite a passage from the Qur’an in Arabic before the pair speak in English about their reasons for carrying out the attack, including statements “condemning the acts of ‘Zionists’”.
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Another video allegedly shows the two training with firearms in a rural area of New South Wales, moving “in a tactical manner”, according to police.
Investigators allege the pair acted together with the aim of causing deaths and promoting “religiously motivated violent extremism aligned with Islamic State”.
The documents were released after media organisations sought their publication through the courts, The Guardian said.
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(From left to right) Bondi Beach shooter Sajid's son Navid Akram and a two-storey house in Hyderabad’s Tolichowki area. (Source: Special Arrangement) 
