15 December 2025

Latest Developments

• The toll from the 14 December terror attack at Bondi is now at least 16 dead, including a 10 year old girl, and 42 hospitalised.
• Watch a ten minute video of the attack:

• The attack was carried out by father and son duo – Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram 24.

Watch a close up video of Naveed firing from his weapon:

• Naveed is of Pakistani origin and a student of Islam.
• In a February 2022 post on social media, Islamic teacher Adam Ismail of the Al-Murad Institute congratulated Naveed on “… passing the IQra book and tajweed this morning, perfecting his all the rules of tajweed”.

• A homemade bomb was found at the scene in a car linked to Sajid. Sajid had six firearms licensed to him, which police say have all been recovered.
• Sajid arrived in Australia in 1998 on a student visa and transferred to a partner visa in 2001.
• ASIO chief Mike Burgess admitted that one of the terrorists was known to the intelligence community.
• The father and son had been living at Bonnyrigg in South-West Sydney prior to their attack.