The father and son, who authorities say were inspired by ISIS, spent nearly a month holed up in a budget hotel in an area of the country that has been seen as a hot spot for extremism.

Bondi Beach gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed at a hotel in the southern city of Davao for the entire time they were in the Philippines, according to staff.

Spending by Bondi shooters Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram in a Philippines terror hotspot should have been flagged by Australia’ financial monitoring system, industry sources say, with experts questioning how the men avoided raising the suspicion of intelligence agencies despite weeks on the ground.

The father and son suspected of carrying out Sunday’s Bondi Beach massacre holed up in a hotel for most of their almost month-long stay in the Philippines in November, rarely left their rooms and dined on fast food,

The National Bureau of Investigation has started a separate probe to trace the activities of the two gunmen who reportedly traveled to the Philippines prior to the Bondi Beach terror attack in Australia.

Alleged gunman had been arrested at scene of attack on a Jewish event at the beach and taken to a Sydney hospital with critical injuries

According to hotel staff in Davao City, the southern Philippine destination where the suspects spent nearly a month, the father‑and‑son duo kept mostly to themselves, rarely ventured far and even left

Sajid and Naveed Akram returned to Sydney from Davao just around two weeks before the deadly mass shooting at Bondi Beach on December 14.

The alleged gunman lost his job several months ago. His family said he pretended he was on a fishing trip for the weekend.

Australia is grieving as two gunmen, Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram, opened fire during a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday (December 14), killing 15 people and injuring several others.