US EditionAlleged Bondi mass shooter charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder
Naveed Akram faces 59 charges including terrorism and 15 murders in an Islamic State-inspired attack that wounded over 40 others at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah event.
- On Wednesday, Naveed Akram, 24, was charged in hospital with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder, after waking from a coma from wounds suffered during the Bondi Beach attack.
- Prosecutors wrote that the attack appeared Islamist-inspired with Islamic State influence, as improvised explosive devices and homemade IS flags were found in a car registered to Naveed.
- Roughly 30 people were wounded in the attack, with 21 patients still in hospitals including five in critical condition, while twelve victims have been identified and funerals began.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese vowed action to stamp out antisemitism, saying, "We will work with the Jewish community, we want to stamp out and eradicate antisemitism from our society," while New South Wales Premier Chris Minns will recall parliament next week for gun- and protest-law reforms.
- As investigations unfold, Australia faces a reckoning over antisemitism and gun control, with authorities probing what was known about the men amid promises of reforms since Port Arthur, Tasmania, 1996.
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Bondi Beach mass shooting suspect charged with terrorist act
Australian authorities on Wednesday announced that they charged the gunman accused of targeting Jews at a recent Hanukkah celebration with committing a terrorist act. The New South Wales Police revealed a total of 59 counts against Naveed Akram, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm to a person with intent to murder, and causing a public display of a prohibited terrorist organization’s symbol, amon…
Bondi Beach Mass Shooting: Naveed Akram Faces 15 Murder Charges.
PULSE POINTSWHAT HAPPENED: Naveed Akram, the lone surviving suspect in Sunday’s mass shooting targeting Jews at Australia’s Bondi Beach, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act.WHO WAS INVOLVED: Naveed Akram, his father Sajid Akram, who was killed, and victims, including two rabbis, a Holocaust survivor, and a 10-year-old girl named Matilda.WHEN & WHERE: The attack occurred on Sunday…
The first funeral of the victims of the attack took place under high security on Wednesday in Bondi.
Surviving Australia terror suspect slapped with charges in wake of deadly attack
The 24-year-old man who allegedly perpetrated the terror attack in Australia on Sunday with his 50-year-old father was slapped with charges on Wednesday, according to news releases.In addition to "15 counts of murder" and "40 counts of cause wounding/grievous bodily harm to person with intent to murder," other offenses he has been charged with include "Commit terrorist act," "Discharge firearm etc intend cause grievous bodily harm," "Cause publi…
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