Australia is holding the first funeral for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, with mourners gathering to grieve slain rabbi Eli Schlanger.

Dec. 15 (UPI) -- The father-son duo who killed 15 people and injured 40 others in Sunday's Bondi Beach shooting were motivated by "Islamic State ideology," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday, as the investigation continues and questions swirl around what happened.

SYDNEY (Dec 16): A father and son were driven by “Islamic State ideology” when they fired on crowds at Bondi Beach in one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday. Sajid Akram and his son Naveed opened fire on people thronging the famous beach for the Jewish festival of HanukkahRead More

Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, arrived Bondi Beach in a silver hatchback, climbed out with rifles and extra ammunition around their waists just before 6.40pm on Sunday.

A mass shooting in which 15 people were killed during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was “a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State,” Australia’s federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett said Tuesday.

Jews are fearful of more violence and Muslims are wary of a backlash after the mass shooting at Bondi Beach killed 15. Can Australia steer its way toward stability?

More than 1,000 people were celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on the beach on Sunday evening when two gunmen opened fire from a bridge, killing at least 15 people.

Sajid Akram and his son Naveed opened fire on people thronging the famous beach for the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday evening, killing 15 people.

Australian police said both men had travelled to the Philippines last month, the father on an Indian passport and the son on an Australian one.

Two alleged gunmen who attacked a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach had travelled to the Philippines before the assault which killed 15 people and appeared to be inspired by Islamic State, police said on Tuesday. The attack on Sunday was Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly ‌30 years, and…

"Our security agencies are monitoring the threat environment closely," said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA).

The purpose of the trip is under investigation.

Australia Beach Shooting: In a statement on Tuesday, the Telangana Police said that Sajid Akram is originally from Hyderabad, India. As per information available from his relatives in India, he had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad. 

The Bondi Beach terror attack has revealed a Hyderabad link through shooter Sajid Akram, but Telangana Police have ruled out any India Angle.

The Bondi Beach attack was the worst of a recent spate of antisemitic crimes in the city.

Sajid Akram, a gunman in the Bondi Beach shooting, had minimal contact with his Hyderabad family, who disowned him after his marriage. The family denies knowledge of his radicalisation, which investigators believe is unrelated to Indian influences.

Sydney Bondi Beach Shooting News, Bondi Beach Terror Attack Live Updates: Australian PM Anthony Albanese said the Islamic State connection was based on evidence, including “the presence of Islamic State flags in the vehicle that has been seized.”

Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley launched a new antisemitism, extremism and counterterrorism taskforce in the wake of the Bondi Beach terror attack — as she accused the government of failing...

Tributes have been paid in Dublin to those killed and injured in the Bondi Beach shooting in Australia, with members of the Jewish community and public representatives gathering at Herzog Park to mark Hanukkah and stand in solidarity with those affected by the attack.