Rescuers talk to residents on the site of a terrorist attack on Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025. © George Chan / Getty Images
Police reported that the father and boy were identified as the main suspects of a fatal attack on members of the judaic community on Bondi beach in Australia.
On Sunday, both men opened fire on those gathered in the suburbs of Sydney on the occasion of Hanukkah's first day, killing at least 16 people and injuring dozens of others. Queensland police have reported that the attack is being treated as an act of terrorism.
Police have identified suspects as Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed Akram.
fresh South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon informed reporters that Sajid Akram was killed at the scene and Naveed is in ‘critical but unchangeable condition’ And he stays in the hospital.
He added that his father legally owned six firearms.
“The authorities had small cognition of any of these men” said Lanyon.
The Australian public tv station ABC reported that anti-terrorism investigators believe the Akrams have sworn allegiance to the muslim State (IS, formerly ISIS).
The flag of this terrorist organization was reportedly found in their car.
According to the station, the Australian intelligence agency ASIO conducted six years ago an investigation into Naveed Akram in connection with his ties to IS sympathizer, Isaak El Matari, who was arrested in 2019 for planning a terrorist attack and then sentenced to prison sentence.
ASIO's boss, Mike Burgess, confirmed that 1 of the suspects was known to the agency, but "not from a direct threat perspective".
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese condemned the shooting as "an evil act of anti-Semitism and terrorism which struck the heart of our nation."
“The attack on Australian Jews is an attack on all Australian” – he added.
Representatives of the Israeli authorities and judaic groups had previously accused Australia of demonizing Israel in the context of the Gaza War and of not having adequate efforts to combat anti-Semitism.
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source:https://www.rt.com/news/629450-australia-hanukkah-attack-sspects/
