New Weapons Charges Filed Against Suspect in Deadly Shooting at Bondi Beach Hanukkah Festival
Police say 19 new counts include shooting with intent to murder and resisting arrest as the accused remains in custody on terrorism and murder charges.
- Naveed Akram faces 19 additional charges on Wednesday, including ten counts of shooting with intent to murder and six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest.
- On December 14, 2025, Naveed Akram and his father, Sajid Akram, opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people before Sajid died in a gunbattle with police.
- Akram, held at Goulburn's supermax prison, already faced 59 offences including 15 counts of murder, while police allege the massacre was inspired by the Islamic State.
- A procedural hearing occurred Wednesday at Sydney's Downing Centre Local Court, as this investigation remains one of three official inquiries into Australia's deadliest mass shooting in 29 years.
- The royal commission investigating the Bondi shooting released an interim report in April urging stricter gun controls, beginning first public hearings on Monday, May 4, 2026.
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19 New Charges Filed Against Bondi Beach Terrorist
An Australian man accused of killing 15 people in a massacre at a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach will face 19 more charges related to the attack, officials said Wednesday. Naveed Akram was already charged with 59 counts including murder, attempted murder and committing a terrorist act after two gunmen opened fire on the […]
The man accused of murdering 15 people during the antisemitic attack on Bondi Beach in Australia is facing 19 new charges, according to court documents released Wednesday.
Man accused of anti-Semitic Bondi Beach mass shooting faces 19 extra charges
Naveed Akram, the 24-year-old man accused of killing 15 people after opening fire on a crowd celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah at Australia's Bondi Beach in December 2025, is facing 19 additional charges, court records showed on Wednesday. Akram's father and alleged accomplice Sajid was shot and killed by police during the attack.
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