Bondi Beach attack seems driven by IS ideology

The two Bondi beach shooters appeared to be driven by "IS ideology" when they opened fire on Sunday evening, Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

Albanese had previously said there was no evidence that the father and son were part of a so-called IS cell.

But in an interview with national broadcaster ABC on Tuesday morning, he said "it would appear that this was motivated by IS ideology."

The 24-year-old son was investigated by Australia's intelligence agency, ASIO, in 2019. But ASIO didn't put him on a watch list.

"He was drawn to their attention because of his association with others," Albanese said. "Two of the people he was associated with were charged and went to jail, but he was not seen at that time to be a person of interest."

"Two home-made IS flags" were found in the shooters' car at Bondi Beach, police confirmed on Tuesday, along with improvised explosive devices.

Police have yet to provide a motive for Sunday's mass shooting. But they say it was clearly an antisemitic, terrorist act on Sydney's Jewish community. They have also not officially named the two shooters, although Australian media have identified them.

The 50-year-old father was shot dead by police at the scene. The son is in a critical but stable condition in hospital under police guard.

Dozens of people lined up on Bondi beach on Tuesday morning to mourn the 15 killed and others injured in the terrorist attack.

Among them was 25-year-old Olivia Robertson who visited the memorial before work.

"This is the country that our grandparents have come to for us to feel safe and to have opportunity," she said. "My heart is torn apart ... it is insane."

Their tributes and messages added to the enormous mound of flowers outside the iconic Bondi Pavilion near the scene of the shootings.

More than 1,000 people gathered outside the pavilion on Monday evening.

Rabbi Yossi Shuchat addressed the crowd and lit the candles of the Menorah for the second day of Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights.

"Lightness will always persevere; darkness cannot continue where there is light," he said.

The Sydney Opera House also had a menorah projected onto it to pay tribute to the victims.

What do we know about the injured?

The state health authority, NSW health, has given an update on the injured.

It said that 25 people were still receiving care at eight different hospitals throughout Sydney, including three children, as of Tuesday morning local time.

Ten of those in hospital are in critical condition.

Two police officers are among the injured. One of the officers has had surgery on his eye and shoulder, local Nine News reported.