How accused Bondi terrorist Naveed Akram and father Sajid allegedly meticulously planned horror attacks

The accused Bondi Beach terrorists allegedly meticulously planned their deadly attack for months, recording their “justification” for the atrocity in front of an Islamic State flag and carrying out a late-night reconnaissance mission at the footbridge where the shooting unfolded.

A 22-page police statement of facts, released on Monday, also alleged that Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the NSW countryside in October for firearm training and to practise “moving in a tactical manner”.

At 9.31pm two days before the attack, the pair were spotted on CCTV walking along the footbridge at Bondi — an act police alleged was “evidence of a reconnaissance and planning of a terrorist act”.

Police also allege that the father and son duo threw crude homemade bombs — which failed to detonate — into the crowd of Jewish families celebrating Chanukah by the Sea, before they opened fire at the innocent victims.

Sajid Akram, 50, was shot dead by police at the scene while his 24-year-old son is facing 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and committing a terrorist act.

On Monday, Mr Akram was moved from hospital to prison under the watch of police from both on the ground and in the air.

A redacted version of the allegations — and the lengths the pair are accused of going to in preparation for the worst terror attack on Australian soil — was released by the Local Court of NSW on Monday after a suppression order was lifted.

The order protects the names of survivors who have not yet been identified.

In the documents, police detail the pair’s movements, starting from when they made an online booking for a five-bedroom Airbnb with a self-contained granny flat in Campsie on October 20, securing a 20-day stay between December 2 and December 21.

At 2.16am on the day of the attack, the pair were captured on CCTV leaving the property under the cover of darkness carrying “long and bulky items wrapped in blankets”.

Police say wrapped in those blankets were two single barrel shotguns, a Beretta rifle and homemade improvised explosive devices — three pipe bombs, a tennis ball bomb and another large IED — as well as two Islamic State flags.

According to police, the men then returned to the property, before emerging again about 5.09pm and driving towards Bondi in a silver Hyundai. Mr Akram was wearing a black T-shirt and black pants, while his father wore a black T-shirt and white pants.

CCTV precisely tracked the Hyundai through Sydney.

At 5.57pm, the car was spotted travelling east on Oxford Street in Centennial Park.

A minute later, at 5.58pm, the car stopped at Ocean Street in Woollahra.

It was here, police say, that Sajid Akram pulled out an Islamic State flag from the boot and his son looked briefly into the back of the rear seats, before they both got back into the car, performed a U-turn, and proceeded towards Syd Einfeld Drive.

The car stopped at Campbell Parade near the Bondi footbridge overlooking Archer Park at 6.50pm.

At this point, the father and son allegedly placed the ISIS flags in the front and rear windscreen of the Hyundai.

Police say they then removed the three firearms from the vehicle, with the pipe and tennis ball bombs, and walked towards the footbridge.

“Upon approach to the footbridge, investigators believe the three pipe bombs and tennis ball bomb were thrown towards the crowd of people in Archer Park,” it is alleged.

“It is unclear at this time whether the accused or (his father) threw the improvised explosive devices.”

Never-before-seen photographs of the pipe bombs were tendered in the court documents, with police saying preliminary analysis showed they were made of “sealed aluminium piping containing explosive, black power and steel ball bearings”.

“The pipe bombs did not detonate, however preliminary analysis indicates both items were assessed as viable improvised explosive devices,” the statement of facts said.

Police say the rounds fired by the father and son killed 14 people at the scene.

The 15th victim died later died at a nearby hospital from their injuries.

Two police officers were seriously injured as they tried to stop the attack, with Sajid eventually fatally wounded during the exchange of fire.

Meanwhile, Mr Akram was critically injured when he was shot in the abdomen.

Police later discovered another improvised explosive device in the boot of the car driven by the Akrams with the two homemade IS flags.

Police also seized iPhones allegedly belonging to Mr Akram and his father in the car and more mobile phones at their family home. It is alleged police also found a homemade wooden firearm, a long bow with 12 arrows and a copy of the Quran with passages highlighted.

Police say Mr Akram’s mother told officers she believed her husband and son were away on holiday in southern NSW. They had left a week earlier, she said.

“The mother recalled that while he was away, the accused would call her each morning from a payphone nearby at approximately 10.30am and would discuss what he planned to do that day,” police allege.

Another raid was carried out at the Airbnb the following day, with officers forcing entry into the room the pair stayed in.

Some of the items allegedly seized from the property included a firearm scope, ammunition, another suspected improvised explosive device, Sajid Akram’s driver’s licence and hunting membership card, plus 3D-printed parts for a shotgun speed loader.

Other items taken into evidence included a 30-60 calibre rifle, a shotgun, several firearm parts, bomb-making equipment and two copies of the Quran, with one of the pages earmarked.

An analysis of Mr Akram’s mobile phone allegedly uncovered “a number of relevant videos and images which indicated that he and his father . . . adhered to a religiously motivated extremist ideology,” police allege.

One of those videos allegedly shows the father and son conducting firearms training in what is suspected to be a countryside location in NSW.

“The accused and his father are seen throughout the video firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner,” the documents state.

Another video, allegedly recorded on Mr Akram’s mobile phone in October, is said to show him and his father wearing black T-shirts, sitting in front of an image of an IS flag.

“Resting against the wood panelled wall behind the accused are four long-arm firearms with visible rounds attached to their frames,” police allege.

“The accused is recorded appearing to recite, in Arabic, a passage from the Quran.

“Following the recitation, both the accused and (Sajid Akram) speak in English and make a number of statements regarding their motivation for the ‘Bondi attack’ and condemning the acts of ‘Zionists’.

“In this video, the accused and (Sajid Akram) recite their political and religious views and appear to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack.”

Police said it would be alleged “the accused and his father . . . adhere to a religiously motivated extremist ideology linked to Islamic State. This is demonstrated by their videoed speech and use of Islamic State flags during the attack”.

“There is evidence that the accused and his father meticulously planned this terrorist attack for many months,” they said.

Police sought to speak to Mr Akram after he woke from his coma in hospital last week, however he declined to be interviewed after speaking with a lawyer.

Mr Akram will next face court in April next year.