ISIS

The ISIS magazine claims the attack proves online radicalisation works, downplays formal responsibility, celebrates antisemitic bloodshed in Australia, and mocks Western intelligence, while urging decentralised jihadist violence against Jewish and Christian communities beyond Australia worldwide.

Police say the father and son of Pakistani origin, Naveed Akram and Sajid Akram, used legally owned weapons at a crowded Jewish celebration, while investigators probe intelligence gaps, IS symbolism, explosive threats, and whether existing counter terrorism frameworks failed to prevent one of Australia’s deadliest attacks.

The police then questioned the boy, who directly accused his parents of attempting to push him to join ISIS by showing him propaganda videos, including the beheading videos. The boy told the police that his stepfather assaulted him brutally for not accepting ISIS’s ideology.

The case began after a madarsa raised concerns about the boy’s behaviour, leading relatives to file a complaint alleging he was exposed to ISIS videos in the UK, triggering a UAPA investigation by Venjaramoodu Police.