{"id":422178,"date":"2026-01-19T00:04:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:04:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422178\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T00:04:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T00:04:12","slug":"bondi-shooting-naveed-akrams-two-prison-requests-police-prepare-for-philippines-trip-to-probe-isis-links","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/422178\/","title":{"rendered":"Bondi shooting: Naveed Akram\u2019s two prison requests, police prepare for Philippines trip to probe ISIS-links"},"content":{"rendered":"

Naveed Akram, the man charged by police over the shooting of 15 innocent people at Bondi Beach, reportedly had only two requests while he received medical care in hospital after the terror attack on Jews.<\/p>\n

Naveed, 24, is one of the two alleged gunmen who opened fire on a Jewish gathering on the beach on Sunday, December 14, 2025.<\/p>\n

The accused, along with his father, Sajid Akram, allegedly travelled from an Airbnb in Campsie to Bondi Beach, before allegedly opening fire on the Chanukah by the Sea event in what has been labelled the worst terror attack on Australian soil.<\/p>\n

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Sajid, 50, was shot dead by police. Naveed has been charged with over 50 offences, including murder for the 15 people who were killed<\/p>\n

Following the Bondi attack, it is understood that Naveed was transported to an inner-city hospital, before he was moved to North Shore Hospital. After waking from a coma in hospital, Naveed was formally charged.<\/p>\n

Naveed was taken to Long Bay Correctional Hospital, part of the Long Bay Prison in Maroubra. There, Naveed reportedly made his requests.<\/p>\n

Naveed Akram\u2019s two prison requests<\/p>\n

The accused terrorist, who has been charged over the murder of 15 people, asked first for a chaplain, according to the Sunday Telegraph<\/a>, when he reached Long Bay. He later asked for a copy of the Quran.<\/p>\n

Ahmed Kilani, a Muslim chaplain who works as a private contractor with NSW Corrective Services, met Naveed for around 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

The outlet reported that Naveed was \u201cpolite\u201d and \u201ccompliant\u201d during the meeting with the accused\u2019s only non-legal visitor, according to prison sources.<\/p>\n

Mr Kilani, after the Bondi massacre, offered his condolences for Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who also worked with NSW Correctional Services as a contractor for chaplain services.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs a Muslim, I want to say this clearly: violence against innocent people has no place in my faith or in any faith,\u2019 he wrote in a statement.<\/p>\n

\u201cIslam teaches the sanctity of life, compassion, and standing for humanity in moments of pain like this.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy deepest condolences go to the families and loved ones of those who lost their lives. Especially my Prison Chaplain colleague Rabbi Eli Schlanger and his family.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no words that can ease this kind of grief, but please know you are in our thoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n

After receiving more medical care, the accused terrorist was moved from Long Bay Prison to Goulburn High Risk Management Unit, which is often called Supermax, in regional NSW.<\/p>\n

There, he is being isolated from other inmates.<\/p>\n

Mr Kilani, who is described as a \u201chighly respected Muslim prison chaplain with over 10 years experience\u201d, claims to have worked with some of \u201cAustralia\u2019s most notorious prisoners\u201d, according to his LinkedIn profile.<\/p>\n

He goes on to describe himself as \u201ca highly experienced and respected Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) expert who has worked extensively with convicted terrorists providing theological mentoring, assessments and de-radicalisation\u201d.<\/p>\n

\"SajidSajid and Naveed Akram. Credit: AAP<\/p>\n

NSW Police travelling to the Philippines<\/p>\n

In a new push, NSW Police are sending detectives to the Philippines to prove possible ISIS links.<\/p>\n

The alleged father-and-son terrorists spent a month in the Philippines in November before the Bondi massacre.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to know if they were (allegedly) working alone. We want to make sure there is no further risk to the community and if there is, we will take action against them,\u201d NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon told the Daily Telegraph<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe scope of the investigation already is, and will be, extraordinary. You want to know as much about every single part of what may have taken place beforehand.<\/p>\n

\u201cInvestigators will use phone records, cell tower records, bank records \u2026 every piece of evidence to see who they have been in contact with and any locations they visited.<\/p>\n

\"DAVAODAVAO CITY, PHILIPPINES: A view of the GV Hotel where Sajid and Naveed Akram stayed last November. Credit: Ezra Acayan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cWe won\u2019t stop until we have run out of every possible bit of evidence. At this stage, there is nothing to suggest they had any accomplices, but we have to explore every avenue.\u201d<\/p>\n

Since the horrific terrorist attack at Bondi Beach, Sajid\u2019s body has been signed over to the NSW Government after his wife, Verena Akram, refused to take possession of her dead, estranged husband.<\/p>\n

Ms Akram, who is not accused of any wrongdoing, has continued to reside in a Bonnyrigg property since the attack, a home that was signed solely into her name in February 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Naveed Akram, the man charged by police over the shooting of 15 innocent people at Bondi Beach, reportedly…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":422179,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,43,44,2733,1158,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-422178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-nsw","tag-police","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422178","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422178"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422178\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422179"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}