{"id":2521194,"date":"2025-12-15T06:05:01","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hanukkah-mass-murderer-reportedly-identified-tied-to-pakistan-explosives-found-in-addition-to-firearms\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T06:06:23","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T11:06:23","slug":"hanukkah-mass-murderer-reportedly-identified-tied-to-pakistan-explosives-found-in-addition-to-firearms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hanukkah-mass-murderer-reportedly-identified-tied-to-pakistan-explosives-found-in-addition-to-firearms\/","title":{"rendered":"Hanukkah Mass Murderer Reportedly Identified, Tied to Pakistan &#8211; Explosives Found in Addition to Firearms"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhanukkah-mass-murderer-reportedly-identified-tied-to-pakistan-explosives-found-in-addition-to-firearms%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2521194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A father and son were identified as the perpetrators of a shooting in Sydney, Australia, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/holocaust-survivor-dies-a-hero-in-australia-forcing-his-way-between-his-wife-and-mass-murderers-gun\/\" title=\"Holocaust Survivor Dies a Hero in Australia, Forcing His Way Between His Wife and Mass Murderer&#039;s Gun\">left 15 people dead<\/a> and over 40 wounded. Naveed Akram, 24, originally from Lahore, Pakistan, was one of the shooters and was critically injured during the attack. His father, Sajid Akram, 50, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/court-blocks-new-york-from-restricting-gun-carry-on-private-property\/\" title=\"Court Blocks New York From Restricting Gun Carry on Private Property\">licensed gun owner<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fifteen-dead-after-gunmen-open-fire-on-jewish-event-in-australia\/\" title=\"Fifteen dead after gunmen open fire on Jewish event in Australia\">fruit shop owner<\/a>, was shot dead by police at the scene. The police raided Naveed&#8217;s home in Bonnyrigg, southwest Sydney, and found several improvised explosive devices in a nearby vehicle. Naveed had reportedly completed religious studies at an Islamic institute in 2022. Despite the attack, Naveed&#8217;s mother described him as a non-violent, hardworking young man who did not use drugs or associate with trouble. Police continue investigating the motives behind the attack. A bystander who attempted to stop the shooting was identified among the wounded.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>The father and son who slaughtered 15 victims in Sydney, Australia, have been identified, with reports saying they are linked to Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Naveed Akram, 24, was one of the gunmen, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-news\/2025\/12\/14\/bondi-beach-gunman-named-naveed-akram-sydney\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Telegraph<\/a>. The site reported that Akram lived in Bonnyrigg, in the southwest of Sydney. That house was raided by police after the shooting, which left 15 victims dead and more than 40 people wounded. Naveed Akram was critically injured while his father was shot dead by police at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph report said that the unemployed bricklayer was originally from Lahore, Pakistan, according to unconfirmed reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/naveed-akram-alleged-bondi-beach-shooter-11210104\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newsweek<\/a> described him as a &ldquo;Pakistani national based in Sydney,&rdquo; citing U.S. intelligence.<\/p>\n<p>The Telegraph said that based on evidence from social media posts from an Islamic center, Akram completed religious studies in 2022. Adam Ismail, the head of the Al-Murad Islamic Institute, where Akram studied, declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Sajid Akram, 50, who owned a fruit shop, was shot to death at the scene, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/nsw\/alleged-bondi-terror-gunman-naveed-akram-told-family-he-was-going-on-fishing-trip-20251214-p5nnls.html?js-chunk-not-found-refresh=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Verena Akram said she believed her son, Naveed, was with his father for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He rings me up [on Sunday] and said, Mum, I just went for a swim. I went scuba diving. We&rsquo;re going &hellip; to eat now, and then this morning, and we&rsquo;re going to stay home now because it&rsquo;s very hot,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Verena Akram defended her son.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He doesn&rsquo;t have a firearm. He doesn&rsquo;t even go out. He doesn&rsquo;t mix around with friends. He doesn&rsquo;t drink, he doesn&rsquo;t smoke, he doesn&rsquo;t go to bad places &hellip; he goes to work, he comes home, he goes to exercise, and that&rsquo;s it,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Anyone would wish to have a son like my son &hellip; he&rsquo;s a good boy.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon the elder Akram was a licensed gun holder in New South Wales and brought six guns to Bondi Beach, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/national\/nsw\/bondi-gunman-held-gun-licence-used-six-firearms-in-attack-20251215-p5nnmv.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sydney Morning Herald<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Police also found several improvised explosive devices in a car near the beach linked to the gunmen.<\/p>\n<p>Lanyon said one shooter was known to the police but said there was no indication of an attack.<\/p>\n<p>Lanyon said the licensed gun owner had his license for about 10 years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/australia-bondi-beach-suspects-father-and-son\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We will look at the motives behind this attack and I think it is important as part of the investigation,&rdquo; Lanyon said.<\/p>\n<p>CBS also noted that the man who tried to tackle one of the shooters has been identified as Ahmen al Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit vendor. 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Naveed Akram, 24, was one of the shooters, according to the Telegraph. The publication stated that Akram resided in Bonnyrigg, a suburb in southwest Sydney. Police raided his home following the shooting that left 15 dead and over 40 injured. Naveed Akram was critically wounded during the incident while his father was fatally shot by police at the scene. Unconfirmed reports suggest that Naveed Akram, an unemployed bricklayer originally from Lahore, Pakistan, completed religious studies in 2022 at an Islamic center. His father Sajid Akram, aged 50 and a fruit shop owner, was killed on site. Authorities found several improvised explosive devices near Bondi Beach linked to the attackers. The elder Akram held a firearms license for about ten years and brought six guns to Bondi Beach during the attack. Police are investigating motives behind this event but currently see no indication it was a planned attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2521195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-436.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[17819,9473,10207,44140,16182],"class_list":["post-2521194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-explosives","tag-firearms","tag-hanukkah","tag-mass-murder","tag-pakistan"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Michael-Featured-Image-436.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2521194"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2521198,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2521194\/revisions\/2521198"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2521195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2521194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2521194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2521194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}