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Zyann Ambrosio

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<div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765954536931AFP__20251214__883739L__v2__HighRes__TopshotAustraliaCrime_cropped_processed_by_imagy.jpg" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left">This screen grab made from UGC handout video footage courtesy of Timothy Brant-Coles shows two gunmen dressed in black firing multiple shots on a bridge at Bondi Beach in Sydney on December 14, 2025. Australian police said two people were in custody following reports of multiple gunshots on December 14 at Sydney&#x27;s famed Bondi Beach, urging the public to take shelter. Photo by Handout / various sources / AFP</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>MANILA<strong> (2nd UPDATE) </strong>— ABS-CBN News on Wednesday obtained<span style="background-color:transparent"> the passport details of Sajid and Naveed Akram — the gunmen in the mass shooting in Bondi Beach in Australia </span><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2025/12/15/gunmen-kill-11-at-jewish-festival-on-australia-s-bondi-beach-0107" style="background-color:transparent">that left 15 people dead</a><span style="background-color:transparent"> — a day after it had confirmed that the two were in the Philippines last month.</span></p><p>Philippine authorities have rejected the claim that the two may have trained with local terrorist groups in Mindanao, saying there is no evidence yet that they did.</p><div><br/></div><div><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:960px;display:block" width="960"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1765954469942photo-collage.png.png" style="width:960px" class="fr-fic fr-dib" width="960"/><span class="fr-inner" style="text-align:left"><em>Zyann Ambrosio, ABS-CBN News</em></span></span></span></div><p>According to records from ABS-CBN News sources, 24-year-old Naveed had an Australian passport while his 50-year-old father Sajid entered the country with an Indian passport.</p><p>They arrived at Ninoy Aquino International Airport Terminal 1. </p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/17/palace-strongly-rejects-sweeping-misleading-claim-bondi-beach-gunmen-trained-with-isis-in-ph-1217"><strong>Palace ‘strongly rejects sweeping, misleading’ claim Bondi Beach gunmen trained with ISIS in PH</strong></a></div><p>The BI said on Tuesday that the Akrams arrived in the Philippines from Sydney, Australia on November 1.</p><p>&quot;Both reported Davao as their final destination,&quot; the BI said.</p><p>Based on BI records, the two left the country on November 28 on a connecting flight from Davao to Manila, with Sydney as their final destination.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/nation/2025/12/16/pnp-validating-reports-bondi-beach-shooters-stayed-in-ph-prior-to-attack-0932"><strong>Bondi Beach shooters stayed in PH prior to attack, BI confirms</strong></a></div><div><br/></div><div><strong>REGIONAL POLICE CONDUCTS PROBE<br/></strong></div><div><br/></div><p>The Davao Regional Police said it is investigating reports that the Akrams visited the rregion while the Armed Forces Eastern Mindanao Command assured the public its area of responsibility is free of terrorists.</p><p>Speaking to local reporters in Davao City, Police Maj. Catherine Dela Rey, spokesperson of the Police Regional Office 11, confirmed a probe is ongoing.</p><p>She said the multi-agency investigation will try to determine “[i]f ever they arrived in Davao, where did they stay, or the people they met... Or if they only passed by Davao or indeed they did not arrive in Davao and stayed in another place.” </p><p>The police also assured the public that the Davao region remains peaceful despite being linked to an overseas terror incident.</p><p> “[O]verall, the whole Davao region is very peaceful. And we have maintained this status all over the year,” Dela Rey added.</p><p>Meanwhile, Eastmincom spokesperson Lt. Col. Salvacion Evangelista said they have not received any reports indicating that the terror attack suspects came from Davao.</p><p>“We can assure you that the area of Eastern Mindanao Command is free from those terrorists kung mayroon man,” she also said.</p><p>In a separate Facebook post, Davao City Acting Mayor Sebastian Duterte said that, with recent news reports, “Davao City has entered the global scene with the United States narrative engineering plan through the use of Philippine mainstream media and western inclined ass-kissing Philippine politicians.&quot;</p><p>He added: &quot;Congratulations! Just kidding, I’m just guessing.&quot; </p><p>The US State Department has condemned the &quot;antisemitic terrorist attack&quot; in Bondi Beach and has said &quot;[t]here can be no compromise with antisemitism – this scourge must be confronted and defeated.&quot;</p><p>It has not, however, mentioned Davao City, or even the Philippines, in relation to the attack. <strong>— with a report by Hernel Tocmo</strong></p>

<p>The Bureau of Immigration has said that the Akrams arrived in the Philippines from Sydney, Australia on November 1.</p>

The Bureau of Immigration has said that the Akrams arrived in the Philippines from Sydney, Australia on November 1.

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EXCLUSIVE: Passport details of Bondi Beach shooters

Zyann Ambrosio,

ABS-CBN News

Published December 17, 2025 02:58 PM PHT

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Updated December 17, 2025 03:34 PM PHT

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