Bondi mass shooting live updates: Albo says ‘no evidence’ shooters radicalised

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese stated there was no evidence the Bondi Beach gunmen were radicalised. Photo / Getty Images

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said there was no evidence the father and son gunmen who opened fire in a deadly terror attack on Bondi Beach had been radicalised.

Speaking to 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson on Monday night, Albanese responded to questions about whether ASIO (Australian Security Intelligence Organisation) should have honed in on the pair’s radical ideology after the younger one was first flagged by the intelligence agency in October 2019.

Father and son Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah event shortly before 7pm on Sunday.

The 50-year-old was shot and killed by police, while the 24-year-old was shot before being taken into custody in a critical condition.

A vigil was held outside the Bondi Pavilion on Monday night to honour the victims’ lives lost in Australia’s deadliest mass shooting in decades.

Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke was earlier met with shouts of “shame on you,” and “blood on your hands,” as he paid his respects to the 15 innocent victims of the terrorist attack at Bondi Beach.

The death toll on Monday rose to 16, including a girl, 10, and man, 40, who both died in hospital.

NSW Police said the dead range in age from 10 to 87 years.

A further 26 people remain in hospital, including seven in a critical condition and seven in a critical but stable condition as of Monday night. Two injured police officers are in a serious but stable condition.

The incident had been designated as terrorism.

Albanese has called the massacre “evil anti-Semitism” and “an attack on our way of life”.

“There is no place for this hate violence and terrorism in our nation,” he said. “Let me be clear, we will eradicate it.”

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