Bondi suspects' tactical training

THE two suspects in a deadly mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach carried out "tactical" training in the countryside, police alleged yesterday, as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese apologised to the country's Jewish community and vowed tougher laws against extremism.

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A MAN passes a mural by Jarrod Grech of Ahmed al Ahmed, the hero who was filmed tackling and disarming one of the attackers in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, in a Melbourne laneway. | AFP

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Father and son Sajid Akram and Naveed are accused of targeting a Hanukkah event on Bondi Beach, killing 15 people in the nation's deadliest mass shooting in almost three decades.

Police documents released yesterday said the two had carried out "firearms training" in what was believed to be the New South Wales countryside prior to the shooting.

They said the suspects "meticulously planned" the attack for months, releasing pictures showing them firing shotguns and moving in what they described as a "tactical manner".

The pair also recorded a video in October railing against "Zionists" while sitting in front of a flag of the Islamic State jihadist group and detailing their motivations for the attack, police said.

And they made a nighttime reconnaissance trip to Bondi Beach just days before the killings, documents showed.

The suspects also threw explosives at onlookers during last Sunday's attack, which did not detonate, police said.