By Sean Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Michael Workman and Olivia Caisley For ABC News

At least one of the gunmen responsible for Sunday's terrorist attack at Bondi Beach had long-standing links to Australia's pro-Islamic State (IS) network, including to a notorious Sydney cleric, the ABC has found.

But in the lead-up to the attack, Naveed Akram, 24, was not on a terrorism watchlist, nor was his father Sajid Akram prevented from legally accessing firearms before they opened fire on a Hanukkah celebration, killing 15 people.

Naveed Akram remains in hospital under police guard after being wounded in a shootout with police in which his father was killed.

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