{"id":30162,"date":"2025-12-17T08:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/?p=30162"},"modified":"2025-12-17T08:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T13:24:15","slug":"naveed-akram-charged-with-15-counts-of-murder-over-bondi-beach-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/12\/17\/naveed-akram-charged-with-15-counts-of-murder-over-bondi-beach-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder over Bondi Beach shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\"><b class=\"ssrcss-1xjjfut-BoldText e5tfeyi3\">Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday&#8217;s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, the New South Wales police say.<\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">His father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an exchange of fire with police at the scene.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Fifteen people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the attack, which targeted Australia&#8217;s Jewish community at an event celebrating the first night of Hanukkah.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It was the country&#8217;s deadliest shooting since 1996.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-bq6git-ComponentWrapper ep2nwvo2\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1j1rzn0-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<ul class=\"ssrcss-1q9m0bv-Stack e1y4nx260\" role=\"list\">\n<li class=\"ssrcss-qzx51b-LinkItem e3eyuya1\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1j1rzn0-Stack e1y4nx260\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1ww1l1o-LinkHeadline e3eyuya4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cyvg17y24jmo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span aria-hidden=\"false\">&#8216;An unspeakable loss&#8217;: Funeral takes place for rabbi killed in Bondi shooting<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Akram also faces 40 charges of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder, as well as one charge of causing a public display of a prohibited terrorist organisation symbol.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">He was critically injured during the incident on Sunday, and had his first hearing from his hospital bedside, the local New South Wales court said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The case has been adjourned until April 2026, the court added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier on Wednesday, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said they were waiting for medication to wear off before formally questioning Akram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;For his fairness, we need him to understand what is exactly happening,&#8221; Lanyon said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">As of Wednesday evening local time, 17 people are still being treated in hospitals across Sydney. One is in critical condition, with four others described as critical but stable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Police have designated the attack a terrorist incident, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying it appears to have been &#8220;motivated by Islamic State&#8221; group ideology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">On Tuesday, it emerged that the father and son had travelled to the Philippines in November.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Philippine immigration bureau told the BBC that they were in the country from 1 November to 28 November. Their final destination was the southern city of Davao, an immigration spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines using an Australian passport, while his father Sajid used an Indian passport, border authorities in Manila told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Sajid Akram was originally from the\u00a0<a class=\"ssrcss-f6h2dj-InlineLink e1kn3p7n0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cwyvxke3wgko\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">southern Indian city of Hyderabad<\/a>, but had &#8220;limited contact&#8221; with his family there, a police official from the Indian state of Telangana said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ssrcss-suhx0k-RichTextComponentWrapper ep2nwvo0\" data-component=\"text-block\">\n<div class=\"ssrcss-1o5p6v2-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Among those killed in the attack were two rabbis, a Holocaust survivor and a 10-year-old girl, named by her family as Matilda.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boris and Sofia Gurman, a couple filmed wrestling with one of the gunmen during the early stages of the attack, were also among the victims.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Another 27 people were taken to hospital with injuries, including two police officers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">One of the officers, named as 22-year-old Jack Hibbert, has lost vision in one eye and faces a &#8220;long and challenging recovery&#8221;, his family said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Earlier in the day, thousands gathered to mourn British-born Rabbi Eli Schlanger, at the first funeral to be held for victims of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was not present. Asked on ABC NewsRadio about his absence, he said: &#8220;I would attend anything that I&#8217;m invited to. These are funerals that are taking place to farewell people&#8217;s loved ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The Jewish community has criticised Albanese for not taking enough action on antisemitism &#8211; he defended himself against those accusations, telling ABC NewsRadio he had taken a series of measures including appointing the country&#8217;s first antisemitism envoy, toughening hate speech laws and increasing funding for social cohesion projects and Jewish institutions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Speaking at Rabbi Schlanger&#8217;s funeral, Rabbi Levi Wolff described his death as an &#8220;unspeakable loss&#8221; for the community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Eli was ripped away from us, doing what he loved best,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;Spreading love and joy and caring for his people with endless self-sacrifice in his life and in his death, he towered above as one of the highest and holiest souls.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Rabbi Schlanger had helped organise Sunday&#8217;s Hanukkah event.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Funerals for the other victims are expected to happen over the coming days, including for the youngest victim, Matilda, on Thursday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c98nm1ry38jo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bbc.co.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\">Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday&#8217;s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, the New South <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/2025\/12\/17\/naveed-akram-charged-with-15-counts-of-murder-over-bondi-beach-shooting\/\" title=\"Naveed Akram charged with 15 counts of murder over Bondi Beach shooting\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":30163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[350,109,2,6],"tags":[9550,11927,5978,5213,11926,5427,7606,300,3862],"class_list":{"0":"post-30162","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"category-headline","9":"category-news","10":"category-world","11":"tag-bondi-beach","12":"tag-hanukkah","13":"tag-islamic-state-group","14":"tag-mass-shooting","15":"tag-naveed-akram","16":"tag-new-south-wales","17":"tag-new-south-wales-police","18":"tag-shooting","19":"tag-sydney","20":"pmpro-has-access"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30162"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30164,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30162\/revisions\/30164"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30163"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}