And they were right. He wasn’t an immediate threat. He didn’t go jihad for another six years. They didn’t think it was a matter of particular concern that he “harbored sympathies” for the Islamic State.
Will Australian authorities rethink that policy now that it has claimed fifteen lives? Of course not. That would be “Islamophobic.”
“Alleged Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram’s close connection to IS terrorist: ASIO launched probe SIX YEARS ago,” by Nicholas Comino, Daily Mail, December 15, 2025:
Australia’s national spy agency ASIO is understood to have investigated alleged Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram soon after the arrest of an Islamic State terrorist.
Akram, 24, allegedly opened fire with his father Sajid Akram, 50, at the Chanukah by the Sea celebration on Bondi Beach on Sunday afternoon, killing at least 15 people and leaving 42 others in hospital, five in critical condition.
Akram was apprehended at the scene and is in hospital under police guard in a critical but stable condition after being shot by police. His father was shot dead by officers during the attack.
Joint Counter Terrorism Team (JCTT) investigators now suspect both men pledged allegiance to IS before launching the deadly attack, the ABC reports.
A senior JCTT official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said an IS-like flag was found in their car, amid speculation a ‘black flag’ was discovered nearby.
The official claimed ASIO’s interest in Naveed Akram dates back to 2019, when police foiled an IS terror plot in Sydney.
The agency began monitoring the 24-year-old after the July 2019 arrest of Isaak El Matari, identified as an IS operative and self-declared Australian commander of the group.
El Matari is serving seven years in prison after planning an insurgency, attempting to recruit followers and acquire firearms, and even rehearsing speeches ahead of possible travel to Afghanistan.
He returned to Australia from Lebanon in 2018 following nine months in prison overseas for attempting to join IS.
Sources say Naveed Akram maintained close connections with El Matari and other members of the IS cell, several of whom have since been convicted of terrorism offences.
ASIO director-general Mike Burgess confirmed on Sunday that one of the Bondi gunmen was known to the agency, but did not specify which one.
‘One of these individuals was known to us, but not in an immediate-threat perspective, so we need to look into what happened here,’ Burgess said.
Authorities believe the alleged shooters had no direct ties to the Islamic State, though they may have harboured sympathies for its ideology….
Thinker1 says
Then that makes them responsible, right?
࿗Infidel࿘ says
Is Albanese Australia’s equivalent of Kier Starmer?
tgusa says
He was not an ‘immediate threat’. It was a down the road thing so they weren’t very concerned. Meanwhile, I read that the cops were the ones who shot they guy who intervened. I also read the the intervening guy had Bible verses on display in his fruit shop. The left desperately wants the intervening guy to be a muslim.
Brent Horton says
Have you noticed that the so-called ” Leaders ” of the ” Commonwealth ” are all Liberal, Bet-Cucks?
tgusa says
“Have you noticed that the so-called ” Leaders ” of the ” Commonwealth ” are all Liberal, Beta-Cucks?”
Why yes, Brent Horton, I have. To be fair, that is pretty hard to overlook.
Brent Horton says
Yes, and all the while restricting their Citizens, while flooding their Countries with 3rd World Violence.
As this same violence grows, how many times will we hear; ” It’s for your Safety “?
OLD GUY says
Just when did they become an immediate threat?
Winston 101 says
From now on the definition of vetting is: Bondi Beach Massacre.
It’s not possible to vet Islam. Face Reality.
Islam produces: 9/11, 10/7 and 12/14.
Muslims are irrelevant. Muslims are not worth the price Islam imposes.
Keep Islam out of our countries at our borders.