Bondi Shooting Charges: Suspect Faces 15 Murder Counts
December 17, 2025
2:14 am
Australian prosecutors have charged Naveed Akram with 59 criminal offenses, including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act, following a mass shooting that killed 15 people at Bondi Beach in Sydney during a Hanukkah celebration.
New South Wales Police said the charges relate to Sunday’s attack, which authorities have described as a terrorist incident and the deadliest mass shooting in Australia since 1996. Akram is the only surviving suspect. The second gunman, identified as his father, Sajid Akram, was shot dead during a confrontation with police at the scene.
Police said Naveed Akram, who was …
