Bondi Beach gunman originally from India, police say

Police charge alleged Bondi Beach attacker - as funerals begin for victims

Naveed Akram who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish event on the beach in Sydney has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and a terror charge.

Indian police reveal Bondi Beach shooting suspect’s background

The alleged gunman shot dead by police during Sunday’s attack on Australia’s Bondi Beach was originally from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and his family did not know about his “radical mindset”, Indian police said on Tuesday. Fifteen people were killed in the attack on a Hanukkah event, Australia’s worst mass shooting in nearly 30 years, and it is being investigated as an act of terrorism targeting the Jewish community. In a statement p…

Bondi Beach shooting: Terror suspect Sajid Akram did not visit India even after father's death, say cops

Terror suspect Sajid Akram, the 50-year-old Indian-origin man shot dead by Australian police after Sunday’s deadly attack at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that left 15 people dead, had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad since moving to Australia in November 1998. According to cops, Sajid Akram did not attend his father’s funeral in Hyderabad in 2009. Telangana Police and intelligence agencies traced his roots to Al Hasnath Colony in Toli Chowki…

Bondi shooter’s Indian family unaware of his ‘radical mindset’: Police

Sajid Akram, 50, was an Indian national from the southern city of Hyderabad but he had little contact with relatives in the country, authorities say.

Shock revelation about killed gunman's home

Before the Bondi Beach terror attack, Sajid Akram made a major change to his family’s Sydney home.