"Australia's national security agency Asio investigated one of the alleged Bondi shooters in 2019 over potential extremist links but decided he was not a person of interest, Anthony Albanese has revealed, despite two of the man's associated being jailed. The prime minister said the Five Eyes intelligence network the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand would help investigate the deadly terrorist shooting which left at least 15 victims dead."
"As the spotlight turns to how the father and son did not come to the attention of authorities, Albanese said the investigation would include whether the pair had been radicalised by an extremist ideology. Thousands gathered at vigils around Australia on Monday evening to commemorate the 15 people killed in a terror attack at Sydney's Bondi beach, as national cabinet agreed to tighten gun laws in the wake of the mass shooting."
Asio investigated one alleged Bondi shooter in 2019 and concluded he was not a person of interest. The Five Eyes intelligence network (United States, United Kingdom, Canada and New Zealand) will assist in investigating the deadly attack that killed at least 15 people. Investigations will examine whether the father and son were radicalised by an extremist ideology and why they did not earlier come to authorities' attention. Thousands attended vigils nationwide and the national cabinet agreed to tighten gun laws. Twenty-five people remained in hospital, including Ahmed al-Ahmed who tackled a gunman; a GoFundMe for his family has raised over $1.3m. The younger man had been investigated by Asio over possible links to an Islamic State cell in Sydney; Asio interviewed him, his family and people around him and did not place him under ongoing monitoring.
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