Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with another 19 offences

Naveed Akram, 24, is already facing 59 charges over an attack on a Jewish festival in December. Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with another 19 offences Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Copyright current_year BBC. All rights reserved. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Read about our approach to external linking. Court sketch of Naveed Akram, 24, during a hearing in February A court sketch depicts Bondi beach shooting accused Naveed Akram, wearing a green jumper and with a short beard, appearing in a Sydney court via video link The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences. Naveed Akram was already facing 59 charges after the shooting including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act. According to court records seen by the BBC, new charges were filed in April but have only now been confirmed by authorities. The fresh charges are 10 counts of "shoot at with intent to murder", six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest, and three counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder. Akram, 24, has made a series of short court appearances but is yet to enter a plea to the charges. He is due back in court in August. On Wednesday, prosecutors told the court that investigators from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team were "progressing" steadily through the evidence. It includes 230,000 CCTV images as well as content on several devices belonging to people with alleged links to Akram which need to be translated, prosecutors said. Outside court, Akram's lawyer Leonie Gittani told the media that the extra charges were not a surprise to her client. "He was sort of aware of it on the last occasion, but [in] a matter of this magnitude, it's not unusual for additional charges to be laid," she said, according to the national broadcaster ABC. "It's a process now that we've got to follow." Asked about the CCTV images, Gittani said: "It's an unprecedented matter and so... there's a lot to come. We've got a job to do, and that's what we intend to do". Akram's father Sajid Akram, 50 - who was also armed and shot at the crowd on Bondi Beach - was killed by police at the scene of the shooting on 14 December 2025. Sajid Akram, 50 - who was also armed and shot at the crowd on Bondi Beach - was killed by police at the scene of the shooting on 14 December 2025. The younger Akram was critically injured by police and later transferred from hospital to prison. Court documents released in late December alleged that the two shooters "meticulously" planned the attack on Bondi Beach for months and visited the location for reconnaissance two days prior. One video - taken on one of their mobile phones in October - was described as showing the men sitting in front of an image of an Islamic State group (IS) flag. They could be heard making statements about their motivations for the attack and condemning "the acts of 'Zionists'", police said. Police said separate footage from October showed the father and son "conducting firearms training in a countryside location", believed to be in New South Wales. They were seen "firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner", officials added. In April, Akram lost a court bid to suppress the identity of his immediate family due to safety concerns. The attack was Australia's worst mass shooting in almost three decades and prompted sweeping gun law reforms and a crackdown on hate speech. The attack was Australia's worst mass shooting in almost three decades and prompted sweeping gun law reforms and a crackdown on hate speech It led to a royal commission into antisemitism in Australia. which began public hearings in February. Bondi Beach shooting accused faces court for the first time A woman wearing an Israeli flag walks a dog in front of a floral memorial How Bondi's Hanukkah festival turned from joy to horror within minutes Photo from behind of a man (left), with his arm around a woman (right). The pair are standing in front of hundreds of bouquets of flowers - laid in memory to the Bondi Beach Attack victims. The man is wearing a blue shirt and has greying hair and stubble. The woman has brown hair and appears to be wearing sunglasses. In the background, there is the blurred outline of other people are the memorial/floral tributes. 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