Attackers at Bondi Beach in Sydney threw 4 explosives at the crowd which failed to explode.

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The attackers in the Bondi Beach attack threw four improvised explosives at the crowd, but none exploded.

Those responsible for the attack, identified as Naveed Akram and his father Sajid Akram, carried Islamic State flags and carried guns.

The attack occurred during the Jewish celebration of Hanukkah and left 16 people dead, including a 10-year-old girl and one of the attackers.

Police found a fifth explosive in the attackers’ car and brought 59 charges against Naveed Akram, including murder and terrorism.

The perpetrators of the December 14 terrorist attack in Sydney They threw explosives that didn’t explode during the attack on the famous Bondi beach, where 16 people died, including an attacker, according to a preliminary police statement shared by a local court to which the public channel ABC had access.

The prosecution maintains that the alleged attackers, identified as Naveed Akram24 years old, and his father, Sajid Akram, 50 years old and killed by the police, Four improvised explosive devices were launched (IED) against a crowd celebrating a Jewish holiday, was reported by the same media, which published photographs of the devices.

Last week, a Sydney court issued a judicial secrecy order over the police statement about the alleged events in Bondi, which was lifted on Monday, allowing it to be published.

Moment when an assistant subdues one of the gunmen from the Bondi Beach terrorist attack in Sydney (Australia).

According to the text seen by ABC, police said the two men parked their vehicle on Campbell Parade (Bondi) around 6:50 p.m. local time (7:50 GMT) on the day of the attack and They placed Islamic State flags on the front and rear windshields.to whose ideology Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had previously linked the attack.

The preliminary police statement assumes they were then removed from the vehicle. three gunswith three homemade bombs And a bomb “shaped like a tennis ball”, and they headed towards the crowd.

An Islamic State flag, allegedly found by police in Akram’s car.

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The statement mentions videos in which the two men “seem to justify the attack” and carry out “a firearms training in a rural area, probably in New South Wales. »

“Throughout the video, we see the accused and his father shoot shotguns and move tactically »reflected in the document mentioned by ABC, which also refers to images in which the two are seated with long-range firearms in front of an IS flag.

The attack happened eight days ago, when two men armed with rifles opened fire on crowds gathered in a park near Bondi Beach, one of Australia’s busiest and most touristed beaches, where nearly a thousand people were celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.

14 people died at the scene – including one of the alleged attackers, who was shot – and two others later died in hospital, including a 10 year old girl.

Police have filed 59 charges against Naveed Akram, including 15 for murder and one for terrorism.