Court Documents Reveal Bondi Beach Shooting Plot

Australian authorities released court documents on Monday detailing the months-long planning behind a deadly mass shooting at Sydney's Bondi Beach, where two men killed 15 people and wounded dozens during a Hanukkah celebration on December 14.

Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, Sajid Akram, 50, carried out the attack, which police described as a meticulously planned terrorist act motivated by a religiously inspired extremist ideology linked to the Islamic State group. Sajid Akram was killed by police at the scene, while Naveed Akram sustained an abdominal injury from gunfire and received treatment at a Sydney hospital before being transferred to a prison the same day. He faces 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder, one count of committing a terrorist act, and additional offenses related to firearms and explosives.

The documents, made public following Naveed Akram's video court appearance from the hospital, outline how the pair conducted firearms training in a rural area of New South Wales outside Sydney. Footage from October captured them firing shotguns and practicing tactical movements on...