Bondi Beach attacker was originally from India, police confirm
Police confirm new details about Bondi Beach gunman
- One of the Bondi Beach shooters, Sajid Akram, 50, was originally from Telangana, India, having moved to Australia in 1998, police have confirmed.
- Akram, who was killed by police during the attack, had no criminal history in India and maintained limited contact with his family, who expressed no knowledge of his radicalisation.
- His son, Naveed Akram, 24, survived after being shot by police and is expected to be formally questioned and charged.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attributed the attack, which killed 15 people, to Islamic State ideology.
- The father and son had spent almost all of November in the Philippines, and new firearms legislation will be fast-tracked in New South Wales following the incident.