Australia's federal police commissioner Krissy Barrett declared on Tuesday that the mass shooting that murdered fifteen people during a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney was "a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State."
According to officials, the suspects were a father and son, ages 50 and 24. On Tuesday, the elderly man was shot and killed while his son was receiving medical attention at a hospital.
Officials first affirmed their views about the suspects' ideals on Tuesday during a news conference with law enforcement and political figures. According to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, the statements were supported by facts, such as "the presence of Islamic State flags in the vehicle that has been seized."

Ten of the twenty-five patients receiving treatment in hospitals following Sunday's slaughter are in critical condition. A children's hospital is home to three of them.
Among them is a man who was seen on camera seeming to disarm and tackle one of the attackers before pointing the gun at him and putting it on the ground.
The age range of those slain was 10 to 87. On Sunday, they were at a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's most well-known beach when gunfire broke out.In what would be the most comprehensive changes since a shooter killed 35 people in Port Arthur, Tasmania in 1996, Albanese and the leaders of several Australian states have promised to tighten the nation's already stringent gun laws. Since then, there have been very few mass shootings in Australia.
On the third day after the incident, as public concerns about how the suspects were able to plan and carry out the attack and whether Australian Jews had been adequately shielded from growing antisemitism increased, officials released further details.
Due in part to the discovery that the elder suspect had lawfully amassed his arsenal of six firearms, Albanese announced intentions to further restrict access to firearms.According to Barrett, "the suspected murderers, callous in how they allegedly coordinated their attack, appeared to have no regard for the age or ableness of their victims." "It seems that the accused murderers were solely motivated by a desire to count the number of deaths."
Mal Lanyon, the state police commissioner for New South Wales, stated that the suspects visited the Philippines last month. Investigators would look into why they travelled and where they went in the Philippines, according to Lanyon.
Additionally, he attested to the presence of improvised explosives in a car that was taken from the site and belonged to the younger suspect.
Lanyon added, "I also confirm that it contained two homemade ISIS flags."