Police Uncover Plot in Bondi Beach Shooting Killing 15

Australian police have uncovered evidence of extensive planning behind a deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, where father and son suspects targeted a Jewish Hanukkah celebration last Sunday, killing 15 people in the nation's worst such attack in nearly three decades.

The assailants, Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, threw four improvised explosive devices into the crowd before opening fire, according to court documents released Monday. The devices, consisting of three aluminum pipe bombs and a tennis ball bomb filled with explosive material, gunpowder, and steel ball bearings, failed to detonate but were deemed viable by authorities. Sajid Akram was shot and killed by police at the scene. Naveed Akram, who was wounded and hospitalized, has been charged with 59 offenses, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of causing harm with intent to murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act. An Australian-born citizen, he was transferred to jail Monday.

Investigators described the attack as meticulously planned over several months. The pair conducted firearms training in a rural area of New South Wales in October, with photos showing them firing shotguns...