Bondi Beach Firing: Suspects identified as father-son duo behind shooting
The two suspects responsible for the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney have been identified as a father and son Naveed and Sajid Akram
Sydney: The two suspects responsible for the mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia’s Sydney have been identified as a father and son Naveed and Sajid Akram, said officials.
The attack which was targeted the Jewish community, has killed almost 16 people, but there are chances that the death count may rise.
50-year-old gunman Sajid Akram was fatally shot by the police. The other shooter, his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram, was critically injured and is getting treated at a hospital. He clarified that the police are not looking for a third gunman’s involvement in the incident. He also pointed out that the 50-year-old father was a licenced firearms holder, informed New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon.
The attack took place at the end of a summer day when thousands of people have flocked to the Bondi Beach for the Chanukah by the Sea event celebrating the start of the eight-day Hanukkah festival.
Police said that around 1,000 people had attended the targeted Hanukkah event, which was held in a small park off the beach.
The 50-year-old male is a licenced firearms holder. He has six firearms licenced to him. All six firearms have been recovered, police said.
Four of these weapons, long arms believed to include a rifle and shotgun, were seized at the scene in Bondi, with other weapons also found during a police raid at a house in Campsie, in Sydney’s south-west.
