Alleged Bondi gunman charged with 15 counts of homicide

[ad_1] Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday's mass taking pictures at Bondi Seaside in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, together with 15 counts of homicide and considered one of committing a terrorist act, in line with the New South Wales Police.

The opposite gunman, his father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an change of fireplace with police on the scene.

Fifteen individuals have been killed and dozens of others have been injured within the assault, which focused Australia's Jewish neighborhood at an occasion celebrating the primary evening of Hanukkah.

It was the nation's deadliest taking pictures since 1996.

Akram additionally faces 40 fees of inflicting grievous bodily hurt with intent to homicide, in addition to one cost of inflicting a public show of a prohibited terrorist organisation image.

He was critically injured in the course of the incident on Sunday, and had his first listening to from his hospital bedside, the native New South Wales courtroom mentioned.

The case has been adjourned till April 2026, the courtroom added.

Earlier on Wednesday, New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon mentioned they have been ready for treatment to put on off earlier than formally questioning Akram.

"For his equity, we'd like him to grasp what is strictly taking place," Lanyon mentioned.

Twenty individuals injured within the assault stay in hospitals throughout Sydney, with one individual nonetheless in a vital situation.

Police have designated the assault a terrorist incident, with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese saying it seems to have been "motivated by Islamic State" group ideology.

Police mentioned "home made" Islamic State group flags and improvised explosive gadgets (IEDs) have been discovered within the car utilized by the gunmen.

On Tuesday, it emerged that the daddy and son had travelled to the Philippines a month earlier than the assault at Bondi Seaside.

The Philippine immigration bureau advised the BBC that they have been within the nation from 1 November to twenty-eight November. Their last vacation spot was the southern metropolis of Davao, an immigration spokesperson mentioned.

Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines utilizing an Australian passport, whereas his father Sajid used an Indian passport, border authorities in Manila advised the BBC.

Sajid Akram was initially from the southern Indian metropolis of Hyderabad, however had "restricted contact" along with his household there, a police official from the Indian state of Telangana mentioned.