Durog na durog ang Pilipinas sa mga balitang lumalabas sa Australia kaugnay ng Bondi Beach shooting incident sa Australia noong Linggo, Disyembre 14, 2025.
Pero hanggang ngayon, hindi pa naglalabas ng pahayag ang Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) tungkol sa pagbansag ng Australian media sa Pilipinas bilang "training ground for terrorism" at "terrorism hotspot."
Labinlima (15) ang bilang ng mga taong nasawi at marami ang nasugatan sa itinuturing na terrorist attack na ginawa ng mag-amang sina Sajid Akram, 50, at Naveed Akram, 24, habang nagaganap ang Hanukkah o ang Jewish festival of lights sa Bondi Beach.
Binaril at namatay si Sajid, samantalang buhay pero kritikal ang kundisyon ng kanyang anak na si Naveed.
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"TRAINING GROUND FOR TERRORISM"
Noong Disyembre 15, headline sa mga pangunahing news sites sa Australia — tulad ng news.com.au, The Australian, at The Sydney Morning Herald — ang report na, diumano, mahigit isang buwang namalagi ang mag-ama sa isang bansa sa Asia na kilala bilang “training ground for terrorism.”
Ang tinutukoy nilang bansa ay ang Pilipinas.
Bahagi ng ulat ng news.com.au: “The terrorists allegedly responsible for the Bondi Beach attack spent a month in the Philippines before the shooting.
“Why Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram were together in Asia, and their movements there are now a top priority for authorities.
“The father and son went together, without any other family to the nation that 'is known as training ground for terrorism.
“'The Philippines is known as a training ground for terrorism but just how entrenched these two are is yet to be seen,' a police source told news.com.au.”
Matindi rin ang balita tungkol sa Pilipinas na inilabas ng The Australian, na “terror hotspot” ang pagsasalarawan sa ating bansa.
Nakasaad sa kanilang report: “Police reveal the Bondi Beach attackers took a trip to terror hotspot the Philippines before launching their deadly assault on a Jewish Hannukah event.
“For almost half a century, the southern Philippines has been a nursery ground for Islamic extremism and terrorists that have exported murder and mayhem across the globe.”
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DUCHESS OF SUSSEX MEGHAN MARKLE WARNED AGAINST VISITING FATHER IN THE PHILIPPINES
Bago pa nangyari ang pamamaril sa Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, nauna nang naglabas ang UK newspaper na The Express ng negatibong artikulo tungkol sa Pilipinas.
May kinalaman ito sa babala sa Duchess of Sussex na si Meghan Markle na lubhang mapanganib kung dadalawin nito sa Pilipinas ang kanyang maysakit na ama na si Thomas Markle Sr., na pinutulan ng binti sa isang ospital sa Cebu City.
Ito ang bahagi ng ulat ng The Express noong Disyembre 13: “Meghan Markle has been told it would be 'too dangerous' for her to fly to her stricken father’s side in the Philippines.
“Aides have warned the Duchess of Sussex that only a major security operation costing millions could guarantee her safety in the strife-torn south-east Asian country.
“And a grimly-worded US State Department advisory issued earlier this year — and still in effect — warned citizens travelling there of heightened risks of 'crime, terrorism, civil unrest and kidnapping.'
“A senior Hollywood source with commercial ties to Prince Harry and Meghan confirmed: 'She understands she is an incredibly high-risk target and knows it would be too dangerous to attempt even a brief visit with too many unknown factors.'"
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TERRORISM IN THE PHILIPPINES
Nakasaad din sa ulat ng The Express ang mga insidente ng "kidnappings for ransom," base mismo sa report ng Philippine National Police.
Kabilang na rito ang isang high-profile case na nagwakas sa brutal na pagpatay sa Filipino-Chinese steel magnate na si Anson Que nito lamang 2025.
Ayon pa sa The Express: "The terrorist Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) and Islamic State affiliates are behind many of these kidnappings, while other organised crime groups, including Chinese Triads, control drug trafficking, prostitution, loan sharking and extortion rackets.
“Since his election in June 2022, Philippine president Ferdinand Marcos Jr has also faced civil unrest over alleged government corruption.
“Last month 650,000 protesters took to the streets of capital city Manila for three days in a demonstration over billions of 'missing' pounds in flood relief funds that led to countless arrests.”
Ayon naman sa Global Terrorism Trends and Analysis Center (GTTAC), noong 2023 ay may naitalang 95 terrorist attacks sa Pilipinas na nagresulta sa pagkamatay ng 299 victims.
Base sa 2023 list ng Global Terrorism Index ng mga bansang pinakaapektado ng terrorism, nasa No. 18 ang Pilipinas.
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