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Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with 19 more offences

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Posted Jun 10, 2026, 08:00 AM UTC · In the digest of 2026-06-10-0800
Alleged Bondi Beach gunman charged with 19 more offences

Naveed Akram, the individual accused in the December Bondi Beach attack, now faces 19 additional charges, bringing his total to 78 counts including murder, attempted murder, and terrorism.

Naveed Akram, the man accused in the December Bondi Beach attack, has been charged with 19 additional offences. These new charges, which were filed in April and recently confirmed according to court records seen by the BBC, add to the 59 existing counts Akram faces. He was previously charged with 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act. The charges relate to an incident at a Jewish festival in Sydney, where Akram is alleged to have killed fifteen people.

Sources: BBC News — World

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