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Bondi Beach Mass Shooting: Suspect Charged with 15 Counts of Murder

Naveed Akram faces 59 charges, including multiple murders, after a deadly incident targeting the Jewish community during Hanukkah celebrations.

Source: bbc.co.uk1 min read
Bondi Beach Mass Shooting: Suspect Charged with 15 Counts of Murder
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In brief

Naveed Akram has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act, following the Bondi Beach shooting that claimed 15 lives and injured many others. The shooting was directed at an event celebrating the first night of Hanukkah. His father, Sajid Akram, was killed by police during the incident.

Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, according to the New South Wales local court.

The other gunman, his father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an exchange of fire with police at the scene.

Fifteen people were killed and dozens of others were injured in the attack, which targeted Australia's Jewish community at an event celebrating the first night of Hanukkah.

It was the country's deadliest shooting since 1996.

This is a breaking news story and will be updated shortly.

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