Royal Commission Recommends Gun Controls After Bondi Shooting

A royal commission investigating antisemitism in Australia released an interim report on Thursday recommending tighter gun controls and enhancements to counterterrorism capabilities in response to the December 14 mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney's Bondi Beach, where two gunmen killed 15 people.

The attack targeted a public Jewish event at a park in North Bondi. Sajid Akram, 50, one of the assailants, was killed by police at the scene, while his son, Naveed Akram, 24, was critically injured, arrested and charged with 59 offenses, including 15 counts of murder and committing a terrorist act. Authorities described the father-and-son duo as inspired by the Islamic State militant group. The incident, Australia's deadliest mass shooting in nearly three decades, also injured dozens and prompted immediate government actions on security, hate speech and firearms.

The 154-page interim report from the Royal Commission on Antisemitism and Social Cohesion, led by former High Court judge Virginia Bell, concluded that no Commonwealth or state intelligence or law enforcement agency was prevented from acting before or during the attack due to existing legal or regulatory...