The man accused of killing 15 people in a shooting attack on a Jewish festival at Bondi Beach has been charged with 19 additional offences, bringing the total number of charges against him to 78 as Australia continues to grapple with one of the deadliest antisemitic attacks in the country’s history.
Naveed Akram, 24, was already facing 59 charges including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of committing a terrorist act following the shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach on 14 December 2025. Court records seen by the BBC reveal that 19 further charges were filed in April but have only now been confirmed by authorities. The new charges include ten counts of shooting 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 has made a series of brief court appearances since the attack but has not yet entered a plea to any of the charges against him.
His father, Sajid Akram, 50, was also armed during the attack and opened fire on the crowd at the beach before being shot dead by police at the scene. The father and son carried out the attack on a Jewish community festival, targeting civilians in an assault that sent shockwaves across Australia and prompted immediate calls for action on antisemitism and extremism.
The massacre has since prompted the Australian government to launch a royal commission into antisemitism in the country — a formal inquiry that will examine the causes and consequences of anti-Jewish hatred and the adequacy of the national response to it.
