The woman came to the attention of the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in July after information was received about a Sydney-based individual promoting extremist content and glorifying martyrdom on social media.
This tragic Islamist terrorist attack that claimed 20 lives, including four Australians, 15 Indonesians and one Japanese national, and injured 17 Australians along with many other innocent bystanders.
TRF is widely known as a proxy of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), a Pakistan-based terrorist group allegedly long backed by the country’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency.
Tawhedi and his co-conspirator, Abdullah Haji Zada, 18, attempted to purchase two AK-47s, 500 rounds of ammunition, and 10 magazines between June and October 2024.
The FBI has confirmed it is investigating the incident as a “targeted terror attack,” citing “ideologically motivated violence” based on evidence and witness accounts.
The attack saw Islamist terrorists reportedly force Hindu victims to prove their religious identity before opening fire, making it one of the deadliest assaults in the region since Pulwama in 2019.
Their criticisms speak to a broader pattern—Western media’s selective blindness when Hindus are massacred, especially when the killers are Islamist radicals.
The crash killed 42-year-old mother Nancy Lefrançois and her 11-year-old son Loïc Chevalier, who were travelling in a passenger vehicle struck in the collision.