JAKARTA - Police in New South Wales, Australia, said they were talking to a 24-year-old suspect in a mass shooting on Bondi Beach at a hospital.
No charges have been filed against Naveed Akram, police told ABC News.
Akram and his father, Sajid Akram, 50, are suspected of being the perpetrators of the shooting that killed 15 people and injured more than 40 people in a mass shooting on Bondi Beach, Australia, on Saturday.
The father was shot and killed by police and the son was critically wounded and hospitalized.
The examination comes as investigators probe the months leading up to the shooting on Sunday, when the suspected perpetrators opened fire on people attending a Hanukkah event.
Australian officials described the shooting as an anti-Semitic terrorist attack.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese told reporters on Tuesday the father and son travelled to the Philippines weeks before the attack and may have been inspired by the Islamic State terror group.
"It appears there is evidence that this was inspired by a terrorist organization, by ISIS," Albanese told reporters at a news conference.
Sajid Akram and Naveed Akram allegedly stood on a flyover near the scene and shouted "Allahu Akbar" as they carried out the massacre, according to a report shared with US law enforcement and reviewed by ABC News.
New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said the car registered in the name of Naveed Akram contained an IED (improvised explosive device) and an ISIS flag.
"We continue to investigate the motive for this tragedy and will continue to do so," he said.
Law enforcement officials said they were also investigating travel made by the alleged perpetrators of the shooting to the Philippines in November.
"The reasons why they went to the Philippines, the purpose of the trip, and where they went while they were there are currently being investigated," Lanyon said.
Sajid Akram, who was born to Muslim parents in India, immigrated in 1998 to Australia, where he married and had a son and a daughter, Indian authorities told ABC News.
Naveed Akram is an Australian citizen, officials said.
Authorities noted Sajid Akram had only limited contact with his family in Hyderabad, India, since he moved, visiting India six times, mainly for family matters.
Local police said there were no "bad records" against Sajid Akram during his stay in India before he moved.
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