THE father and son who carried out one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent the entire November in the Philippines, the Bureau of Immigration (BI) confirmed Tuesday. “Sajid Akram, 50, Indian national (Australian resident) and Naveed Akram, 24, Australian national, arrived in the Philippines together last Nov.1, 2025 from Sydney, Australia,” BI spokesman Dana Sandoval said in a statement. “Both reported Davao as their final destination. They left the country on Nove. 28, 2025 on a connecting flight from Davao to Manila, with Sydney as their final destination,” she added. The Australian police said on Tuesday the father and son traveled to the Philippines last month but the intent of the trip is under investigation. Sajid Akram and his son Naveed, who killed 16 people and wounded dozens of others at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, entered the country on Nov. 1 with the southern province of Davao listed as their final destination. The province on the southern island of Mindanao has a long history of Islamist insurgencies against central government rule. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that the two men had likely been radicaliszd by “Islamic State ideology.” In a statement responding to reports that the Bondi shooters had trained in the Philippines, the National Security Council said there had been no information at the time of their visit suggesting the men posed “a serious or immediate concern.” “We don’t know why they went there. There was no report about them,” National Security Council spokesman Cornelio Valencia said. “We’re acting for our counterparts, so we will check their reports,” he said, adding his agency had not yet come across anything confirming the men had trained in the Philippines. “(Islamic militancy) is not such a big problem now, because we have degraded them since Marawi,” Valencia added. Pro-Islamic State Maute and Abu Sayyaf militants -- including foreign and local fighters -- held Mindanao’s Marawi under siege in 2017. The Philippine military wrested back the ruined city after a five-month battle that claimed more than 1,000 lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. While insurgent activity in Mindanao has significantly abated in the years since, the Philippine army continues to hunt leaders of groups deemed to be “terrorists.” A spokesman for the army’s Mindanao-based 6th Infantry Division said on Tuesday that they had heard nothing in recent years about IS-linked training camps or foreigners training with local insurgents. “Matters involving the movements of foreign nationals and potential terrorist links are being closely coordinated through the appropriate government agencies,” AFP spokesman Col. Francel Padilla said. The Philippine National Police (PNP) said it is still validating reports of the reported travel of the suspects into the country prior to the attack. At least 16 people were killed including the older gunman and over 40 were injured during the attack at a Jewish celebration in the popular Bondi Beach. The 24-year-old son is in a critical condition in hospital, Australian police told a press conference.