Australia's prime minister said the suspects in the shooting at the Hanukkah event were “motivated by Islamic State ideology.” They had traveled to the Philippines prior to the attack, officials said.

Sajid Akram and his son Naveed spent nearly the entire month of November in the Philippines, with the older man entering as an "Indian national", authorities in Manila said.

Investigators are continuing to probe suspected links to Islamic State and a trip the father and son took to the Philippines prior to Sunday's attack. Follow live.

Fashion designer Pip Edwards shared her account of getting caught in the Dec. 14 shooting in Sydney in an Instagram post on Monday, Dec. 15.

While a Sydney shopowner is being hailed as a hero after disarming one of the gunmen shooting at a Jewish holiday event at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, a couple and another man who died after physically confronting the attackers are also being remembered for their heroic efforts to save those around them.

For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.

"Our hearts go out to the victims and their surviving families who are now dealing with unfathomable loss and heartbreak," wrote Garbage on Instagram after at least 15 people were killed and 40 people injured in the incident,

SYDNEY, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Australia vowed stricter gun laws on Monday as it began mourning victims of its worst mass shooting in almost 30 years, in which police accused a father-and-son duo of killing 15 people at a Jewish celebration at Sydney's famed Bondi Beach.