Preliminary evidence indicates Naveed Akram, 24, staged a “terrorist attack inspired by ISIS," police said Wednesday. The charges came as the first funerals for victims were held under tight security.

The alleged father and son gunmen who killed at least 15 people in a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach may have been inspired by the ISIS terrorist organization.

The shooting attack at a Jewish Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach put the spotlight on Islamic State, which police said appeared to inspire the gunmen. The men accused of carrying out Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years had spent time in the Philippines,

Fifteen people - including a 10-year-old girl and a British-born rabbi - were killed when two gunmen targeted Jewish people attending a Hanukkah event.

The suspected gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre has been charged with 59 offenses, including 15 charges of murder, after waking up from a coma.

The attack was Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years, and is being investigated as an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community.

Investigators are probing a trip the father and son alleged to have carried out the attack took to the Philippines. The Sydney Opera House was lit up with a menorah overnight in a message of support and solidarity to the Australian Jewish community.

The death toll of the horrific Bondi terror attack has risen to at least 16 people, including a 10-year-old schoolgirl, with fears the number of victims will continue to grow. Sky News Australia has rolling coverage of the tragedy.