By Tim Swanston and Haidarr Jones, ABC
Photo: ABC
Bomb squad sweeps, police combing through CCTV and a city in a state of concern.
You'd be forgiven for thinking this is a description of what's taking place in Sydney following the deadliest alleged terror attack in Australian history.
But it's not. The long shadow of the Bondi shooting that killed 15 people has also darkened the coastal southern Philippines, causing deep confusion and stoking long-held anxieties over terrorist groups in the region.
Shortly after the shooting, it was revealed that Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, went to Davao on the island of Mindanao for almost a month.
They left the Philippines just over two weeks before the shooting at a Hanukkah event in Bondi, killing 15 people.
A flurry of police and military activity is now taking place in Davao, more than 5000 kilometres away from the site of the shooting.
It's a region that has long struggled with Islamic extremism, with several groups pledging allegiance to Islamic State in 2014.
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