Bondi Beach mass shooting suspect charged with terrorist act
Australian authorities have charged Naveed Akram, the suspect in the Bondi Beach mass shooting during a Hanukkah festivity, with committing a terrorist act. Akram faces 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and 40 counts of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder. The attack,which targeted the Jewish community,resulted in 15 deaths and left at least 40 injured.Akram’s father, who was killed by police during the incident, is also believed to have participated in the attack.
The shooting was inspired by ISIS ideology, as evidenced by the presence of Islamic State flags found in the vehicle linked to the suspects. australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the attack as a horrific act of antisemitism motivated by terrorist ideology. Among the victims was Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman, who died protecting his wife during the attack. The incident has drawn attention to global threats linked to radical Islamic terrorism and antisemitic violence.
Bondi Beach mass shooting suspect charged with committing terrorist act
Australian authorities on Wednesday announced that they charged the gunman accused of targeting Jews at a recent Hanukkah celebration with committing a terrorist act.
The New South Wales Police revealed a total of 59 counts against Naveed Akram, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm to a person with intent to murder, and causing a public display of a prohibited terrorist organization’s symbol, among other charges.
Akram, 24, is accused of carrying out the anti-Jewish massacre at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on Sunday, which killed 15 Jews and left at least 40 with injuries. His father, fatally shot by police, is accused of carrying out the attack alongside his son.
Among those who died was Holocaust survivor Alex Kleytman, who was killed while protecting his wife, Larisa, who was also a Holocaust survivor. Alex escaped the gas chambers by fleeing to Siberia, later spending decades in the Soviet Union before immigrating to Australia, where he attended Bondi Beach’s Hanukkah celebration for years.
“Dad died doing what he loved the most,” his daughter, Sabina, told the Washington Post. “Protecting my mother — he probably saved her life — and standing up and being a proud Jew: lighting the light, bringing the light to this world.”
Australian authorities on Tuesday said the “terrorist attack” was inspired by ISIS, revealing “the presence of Islamic State flags in the vehicle that has been seized.”
The radical Islamic organization has been linked to similar violence globally, including an attack on U.S. troops in Syria over the weekend, which killed two soldiers, and a New Year’s Day incident in New Orleans at the start of 2025, which killed 14 people.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the Bondi Beach shooting was “motivated by Islamic State ideology.”
“This is a horrific act of antisemitism, a terrorist action designed to harm the Jewish community on what should be, of course, as the first day of Chanukah, a day of celebration,” he said in an interview with ABC Australia. “Chanukah, in part, is about the victory of light over dark. Well, this was a very dark day in Australian history, but together we will emerge into the light.”
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