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Alleged Bondi mass shooter charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder

Naveed Akram faces 59 charges including terrorism and 15 murders after a mass shooting targeting a Hanukkah event, injuring 41 people, police said.

  • On Wednesday, Naveed Akram, 24, was charged in hospital with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder, after waking from a coma from wounds suffered during the Bondi Beach attack.
  • Prosecutors wrote that the attack appeared Islamist-inspired with Islamic State influence, as improvised explosive devices and homemade IS flags were found in a car registered to Naveed.
  • Roughly 30 people were wounded in the attack, with 21 patients still in hospitals including five in critical condition, while twelve victims have been identified and funerals began.
  • Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowed action to stamp out antisemitism, saying, "We will work with the Jewish community, we want to stamp out and eradicate antisemitism from our society," while New South Wales Premier Chris Minns will recall parliament next week for gun- and protest-law reforms.
  • As investigations unfold, Australia faces a reckoning over antisemitism and gun control, with authorities probing what was known about the men amid promises of reforms since Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1996.
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Australia's deadliest terrorist attack, which took place at Sydney's Bondi Beach, has claimed 15 lives so far. The surviving attacker was arrested by police in hospital and has been charged with 59 counts. Read the investigation into the attack and the full story of hero Ahmed Al Ahmed.

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A suspected gunman in the Sydney Bondi Beach massacre was charged Wednesday with 59 offenses, including 15 counts of murder, as hundreds of mourners gathered in the city to begin funerals for the victims.

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Sajid Akram and his son Naveed opened fire on Sunday night during a Jewish festival in Bondi Beach, leaving 15 dead.

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The Washington Post broke the news in on Tuesday, December 16, 2025.
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