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Naveed Akram: Bondi Beach Shooting Accused Faces Court for the First Time
Naveed Akram faces 59 charges including terrorism and 15 counts of murder after the attack, with court hearings focused on evidence timelines and suppression orders.
- On Monday, accused Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram appeared via video link in Sydney's Downing Center Local Court for about five minutes in his first public hearing.
- Akram and his father Sajid allegedly planned and trained for months, conducting firearms training in the New South Wales countryside and returning from a four-week trip to the southern Philippines before the Hanukkah celebration attack.
- Prosecutors allege Akram faces terrorism and 15 counts of murder, with victims including two rabbis, a Holocaust survivor, and Sajid, shot dead by police.
- The hearing focused on extending suppression orders and the evidence timeline; Akram is next due back in court on 9 March and in April, with defense lawyer Ben Archbold stating `Everyone knows it's supermax & very onerous conditions`.
- Intelligence records show Akram was flagged earlier but not deemed an imminent threat, while released footage links the suspects to an IS flag and official inquiries include police-intelligence reviews and a royal commission into antisemitism.
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In mid-December, Naveed Akram and his father shoot around during a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach in Sydney. 15 people lose their lives. Now Akram appears by video transmission in court. During the hearing, however, he said only one word.
The shooter in the attack at Bondi Beach in Australia appeared at his first public hearing in a court in Sydney.
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Akram is charged with terrorism and several other offences after he and his father carried out a shooting attack on Bondi Beach in December, killing 15 people.
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