{"id":188252,"date":"2025-12-17T12:59:09","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:59:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/188252\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:59:09","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T12:59:09","slug":"alleged-bondi-beach-shooter-naveed-akram-charged-by-nsw-police-over-terrorist-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/188252\/","title":{"rendered":"Alleged Bondi Beach shooter Naveed Akram charged by NSW Police over terrorist attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/4JWAL2F_AFPAustraliaAttackBondi03_jpg\" width=\"1050\" height=\"700\" alt=\"Tributes from mourners are piled together at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 16, 2025. Australia's leaders have agreed to toughen gun laws after attackers killed 15 people at a Jewish festival on Bondi Beach, the worst mass shooting in decades decried as antisemitic &quot;terrorism&quot; by authorities. (Photo by Saeed KHAN \/ AFP)\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\">\nTributes from mourners are piled together at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach.<br \/>\nPhoto: Saeed Khan\n<\/p>\n<p>Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram has been formally charged with 59 offences over the attack which claimed 15 lives.<\/p>\n<p>The offences include 15 counts of murder, committing a terrorist act and 40 counts of causing wounding\/grievous bodily harm to person with intent to murder.<\/p>\n<p>Naveed Akram remains in hospital under police guard and was represented by a Legal Aid lawyer for his first court appearance on Wednesday, which took place via audio-visual link in a virtual court before Magistrate Daniel Covington.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old made no application for bail and it was formally refused with his case scheduled to be mentioned again on December 22.<\/p>\n<p>A second gunman, Akram&#8217;s father Sajid, was shot dead by police at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Just after 6:40pm on Sunday, the pair opened fire on a community gathering celebrating the Jewish festival Hanukkah near the iconic beach.<\/p>\n<p>Large crowds on Wednesday gathered at a Bondi synagogue for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who had been the head of the Chabad mission in Bondi for 18 years.<\/p>\n<p>He leaves behind a wife and young children, including a two-month-old baby.<\/p>\n<p>Dozens of people were injured, including four children and two police officers.<\/p>\n<p>Constable Scott Dyson and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/world\/582101\/police-officer-shot-in-bondi-beach-terror-attack-loses-vision-in-one-eye\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Probationary Constable Jack Hibbert<\/a> are among 20 of those injured who remain in hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Attack allegedly inspired by Islamic State<\/p>\n<p>Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon on Sunday night declared the shooting a terrorist attack based on the incident taking place at a religious festival, the types of weapons used and items found at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Police investigators now say early indications pointed to a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State, a listed terrorist organisation in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police will allege in court the man engaged in conduct that caused death, serious injury and endangered life to advance a religious cause and cause fear in the community,&#8221; a NSW Police statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The police investigation, which has been described as &#8220;massive&#8221; and &#8220;complex&#8221;, is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>Sajid Akram held a registered firearm licence since 2015 for recreational hunting and was permitted to possess six firearms.<\/p>\n<p>Long arm guns were used in the attack and all firearms have since been seized.<\/p>\n<p>NSW Premier Chris Minns has recalled parliament ahead of Christmas next week to consider proposed limits on the number of firearms a licensed shooter could own, reclassify straight shotguns and prohibit belt-fed ammunition magazines in those weapons.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; ABC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tributes from mourners are piled together at the Bondi Pavilion in memory of the victims of a shooting&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":188253,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[48,47,42,43,49,46,44,45,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-188252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-audio","tag-current-affairs","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-podcasts","tag-public-radio","tag-radio-new-zealand","tag-rnz","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=188252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/188252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/188253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=188252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=188252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=188252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}