Sydney Court Files Reveal Months of Planning in Bondi Beach Terror Attack

Overview

• A temporary suppression order was lifted on December 22, allowing the publication of police and court materials about the December 14 shooting.
• Case files outline prolonged planning, including a late‑October video of firearms training in rural New South Wales with tactical movement and shotguns.
• Investigators cite a recorded statement made before an Islamic State flag with a Quranic reading and assertions intended to justify the attack.
• Police say four improvised explosive devices were thrown at the scene but failed to detonate, and a rented house contained weapons, ammunition and bomb‑making equipment.
• Surviving suspect Navid Akram, 24, faces 59 charges including murder and committing a terrorist act, with the next hearing on February 16, 2026; 16 people were killed and about 40 injured, and his father Sajid died at the scene.