Community vigilance rises as investigators trace overseas training links exposing terror networks threatening Jewish lives.
At least 70 mosques in Davao City will display photographs of Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram, the father and son responsible for last week’s Bondi Beach mass shooting that killed 15 people, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
Senior regional cleric Sheikh Muhammad Yusop Pasigan publicly urged cooperation with authorities, branding the pair “not good people” and calling on worshippers to share any information about their activities during a month-long stay in Davao prior to the attack. He said posters would be placed above mosque entrances and that newcomers would be asked for identification, with police contacted if concerns arise.
Australian security sources have confirmed the Akrams traveled to the Philippines to receive military-style training weeks before the massacre. Philippine authorities are now conducting a broad investigation into their stay from November 1–28, reviewing CCTV footage and movements. Police confirmed that Sajid Akram visited a local gun shop and that cameras captured both men jogging near their hotel; additional footage aired by ABC showed Naveed walking early one morning.
Officials declined to comment on reports that other Sydney residents may have been in Davao at the same time. The unfolding probe underscores a hard truth: transnational extremist pathways demand vigilance, accountability, and decisive disruption—to prevent future attacks on innocent civilians.
