GMB came to a halt for a breaking news update (Image: ITV)

Good Morning Britain came to an unexpected halt just minutes into the ITV news programme as presenter Sean Fletcher issued an update on the horrific Bondi Beach attack. A man suspected of killing 15 people during the horrific shooting at Bondi Beach “conducted firearms training” with his father just hours before the attack on a Jewish event, Australian police have revealed.

Naveed Akran, 24, and his dad, Sajud Akram, allegedly attacked a group of people attending a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach on December 14. It is understood that 15 people lost their lives in the attack, with victims aged between 10 and 87, and 40 others were injured. Fifty-year-old Sajid was killed by police at the scene while his son, Naveed, was injured and is currently being treated in hospital.

He has since been charged with 59 offences, including a terror charge, and police have transferred him to prison today (December 22).

New South Wales Police have released pictures of Naveed Akram and his father holding guns online, revealing they “conducted firearms training in a countryside location, suspected to be NSW” in late October, according to a police fact sheet seen by Sky News.

Police added: “The accused and his father are seen throughout the video firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner.” On the day of the fateful attack, the pair reportedly threw homemade bombs and improvised explosives (IEDs) into the crowd of people gathering near the beach. Thankfully, these did not detonate.

Analysis indicated that both were “viable” IEDs, according to the police file. The information on the fact sheet was released after a suppression order was lifted by an NSW court.

Police allege the men had stored the explosive, which included three pipe bombs, a tennis ball bomb, and one larger IED, in a silver Hyundai vehicle, in addition to two single-barrel shotguns, a Beretta rifle, and two Islamic State flags.

Police have revealed the alleged attackers had “firearms training” (Image: NSW Courts/AFP via Getty Images)

The car was parked near the scene of the shooting, with the Islamic State flags allegedly displayed in the front and rear windows. A phone belonging to Naveed Rkram was also found in the vehicle, which featured several videos, including the alleged firearm training” video.

Another video on the phone shows Naaveed Akram and his father sitting in front of an image of an Islamic State flag, with four long-arm guns with rounds attached seen in the background, police revealed. The men “appeared to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack” in the new footage, according to the fact sheet.

The attack comes after Australia announced plans to introduce a national gun buyback scheme following the horrific attack. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, on Friday (December 19), said during a press conference that the country’s gun laws needed to be strengthened.

He said: “The terrible events at Bondi show we need to get more guns off our streets. We know that one of these terrorists held a firearm licence and had six guns, in spite of living in the middle of Sydney’s suburbs. There’s no reason why someone in that situation needed that many guns.”