A man suspected of killing 15 people during a shooting in Bondi Beach "conducted firearms training" with his father before the attack on a Jewish event, Australian police have said.
Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, allegedly attacked people at a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach on 14 December, killing victims aged 10 to 87 and injuring 40 others.
Fifty-year-old Sajid Akram was killed by police at the scene, while Naveed was injured and treated in hospital. He has been charged with 59 offences and was transferred to a prison on Monday.
New South Wales Police have released pictures of Naveed Akram and his father holding guns, as they "conducted firearms training in a countryside location, suspected to be NSW" in late October, according to a fact sheet seen by Sky News.
"The accused and his father are seen throughout the video firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner," police said.
'Homemade bombs'
On the day of the attack, the pair allegedly threw homemade bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the gathering, but these did not detonate.
An analysis indicates that both were "viable" IEDs, according to the police file.
The fact sheet was released after a suppression order was lifted by an NSW court.
Police allege the men had stored the explosives - three pipe bombs, one "tennis ball bomb" and one large IED - in a silver Hyundai car, alongside two single-barrel shotguns, a Beretta rifle and two Islamic State flags.
The Hyundai was parked near the scene of the shooting, with the Islamic State flags allegedly displayed in the front and rear windows.
'Justification' video found
A phone belonging to Naveed Akram was also found in the car, on which officers identified several videos, including the alleged firearms training video.
Another video shows Naveed Akram and his father sitting in front of an image of an Islamic State flag, with four long-arm guns with rounds attached seen in the background, police said.
The men "appear to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack" in the footage, according to the fact sheet.
Their Hyundai was previously seen on CCTV entering the car park at Bondi Beach before Naveed Akram and his father walked around the area at around 10pm on 12 December - two days before the shooting.
Police said this was reconnaissance and planning for the attack.
On the day of the shooting, CCTV showed the pair carrying bulky items wrapped in blankets to their car in the early hours of the morning.
Police allege these hidden items were the rifles and homemade bombs.
They went back inside the AirBnB rental property, in the suburb of Campsie, before leaving in the afternoon to head to Bondi.
Police said a search of the property discovered a firearm scope, ammunition, a suspected IED, 3D-printed parts for a shotgun speed loader, a rifle, a shotgun, numerous firearms parts, bomb-making equipment and two copies of the Koran.
Naveed Akram's mother said she believed her husband and son were on a fishing trip when they allegedly launched the attack, according to police.
She said Naveed had been calling her every day from a public phone at around 10.30am.
New gun laws
Meanwhile, the NSW government announced new draft gun laws on Monday, which the state's premier, Chris Minns, promised would be the toughest in Australia.
The new restrictions would include making Australian citizenship a condition of qualifying for a firearms licence.
But a law like this would have excluded Sajid Akram, who was an Indian citizen with a permanent resident visa for Australia.
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He also legally owned six rifles and shotguns, which would be limited to a maximum of four guns under the new legal limit for recreational shooters.
This comes as Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday that his government would introduce a new offence of adults trying to influence and radicalise children after already introducing legislation to criminalise hate speech and doxing.
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