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Two suspected gunmen accused of sidesplitting 15 people and injuring dozens during a Hanukkah solemnisation successful Australia person been identified arsenic a begetter and a son, authorities said Sunday.
The 50-year-old begetter was changeable and killed by police, and the 24-year-old lad is hospitalized, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said astatine a quality conference. At an earlier property conference, Australian constabulary said they were looking for a imaginable 3rd suspect, but Lanyon aboriginal confirmed that was nary longer the case.
"I tin accidental that we are not looking for a further offender," helium said.
The 24-year-old alleged assailant was identified arsenic Naveed Akram, a Pakistani national, according to U.S. quality officials briefed connected the investigation. CBS News has besides reviewed Akram's New South Wales driver's license.
The sanction of the begetter has not been released, but authorities said Sunday they person identified him arsenic a licensed weapon owner.
Lanyon said investigators recovered six of the suspect's licensed firearms astatine the scene. He added that the older fishy has had a weapon licence for astir 10 years. Improvised explosive devices were besides recovered successful 1 of the suspects' vehicles, constabulary said.
"We volition look astatine the motives down this onslaught and I deliberation it is important arsenic portion of the investigation," Lanyon said.
More than 1,000 radical were gathered astatine Bondi Beach successful Sydney connected Sunday. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the gunmen were "deliberately targeting the Jewish assemblage connected the archetypal time of Hanukkah."
The onslaught astatine the fashionable formation near astatine slightest 40 radical injured, including 2 officers and 3 children, Australian officials said.
Also among the injured is 43-year-old effect seller Ahmed al Ahmed, who had been changeable aft helium confronted 1 of the gunmen and wrestled the limb away, Agence France-Presse reported.
One video posted to societal media shows al Ahmed leap retired from down a parked car on Campbell Parade, a main thoroughfare that runs parallel to Bondi Beach, tackle 1 of the suspects who had conscionable fired his gun, and wrestle the limb away.
President Trump, during an lawsuit astatine the White House connected Sunday, said al Ahmed's actions "saved a batch of lives."
Anna Schecter, Emily Mae Czachor, Archie Clarke and Sam Vinograd contributed to this report.
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