Australia's intelligence service investigated one of the alleged gunmen in the Bondi Beach shooting for links to the Islamic State group six years ago, the national broadcaster said on Monday (December 15, 2025).
A 50-year-old father and his 24-year-old son are accused of opening fire on Sunday (December 14, 2025) on a Hanukkah festival at the famed Sydney beach, killing 15 people and wounding more than 40 others.
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Australian media named the gunmen as Sajid Akram, who was killed in a shootout with police, and his son Naveed Akram, who was in hospital in a critical condition under police guard.
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation looked into the son in 2019, according to public broadcaster ABC, which cited an unnamed senior official in the joint counter-terrorism operation investigating the Bondi Beach attack.
