Bondi Beach attack suspect ‘took firearms training with his father’

Bondi Beach attacker Naveed Akram, 24, participated in firearms training with his father, Sajid Akram, 50, before launching the attack by throwing explosives at passers-by, according to new police documents.

The man who killed 15 people in a horrific attack on Bondi Beach ‘threw an explosive’ that did not work and had attended firearms training with his father just days earlier, police say.

According to new police documents, 24-year-old Naveed Akram trained with his fellow gunman and father, Sajid Akram, in an area of ​​New South Wales state outside Sydney. During a terrorist attack on a Jewish festival on December 14, police shot and killed a 50-year-old man in a shootout.

That day, the pair allegedly threw homemade bombs and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at a crowd of people gathering near a beach in Sydney, but these did not explode.

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During the Sydney terror attacks, 24-year-old Navid Akram allegedly threw explosives at pedestrians.

According to the police statement of facts, the men also recorded a video explaining their motivations for the attack, which was made public today following Naveed Akram’s video court appearance from a Sydney hospital where he was treated for an abdominal injury.

The New South Wales state government confirmed that Navid Akram had been transferred from a hospital to a prison on Monday, although officials did not identify any facilities.

The statement alleges the 24-year-old man and his father launched their attack by throwing four improvised explosive devices into a crowd celebrating an annual Jewish event on Bondi Beach, but the devices failed to detonate.

The training location is believed to be in New South Wales. (Image: NSW Courts/AFP via Getty Images)

Police described the devices as three aluminium pipe bombs and a tennis ball bomb containing explosive black powder and steel ball bearings. None exploded, but police described them as “viable” IEDs.

The attack on Bondi Beach was horrific.

Authorities have charged Akram with 59 crimes, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of causing harm with intent to murder in relation to injured survivors, and one count of committing a terrorist act.

The anti-Semitic attack at the start of the eight-day Hanukkah celebration was Australia’s worst mass shooting since a lone gunman killed 35 people in the state of Tasmania in 1996.

The police immediately shot 50-year-old Sajid Akram to death.

The New South Wales government introduced draft legislation to Parliament on Monday that Premier Chris Minns said would be the toughest in Australia, including making Australian citizenship a condition to qualify for a firearms licence.

Sajid Akram legally owns six rifles and shotguns, and the new legal limit for recreational shooters will be a maximum of four guns.

Police said a video found on Navid Akram’s phone showed him with his father “reiterating his political and religious views and summarising his justification for the Bondi terrorist attack”.

CCTV images show Sajid and Navid Akram leaving a property on the day of the attack (Image: NSW Courts/AFP via Getty Images)

Police said the men were seen in the video “condemning the actions of Zionists” and “adhering to the religiously inspired ideology associated with the Islamic State.”

Police said the video, shot in October, showed them “firing guns and moving in a tactical manner” on a grassy field surrounded by trees.

Police allege, “There is evidence that the accused and his father meticulously planned this terrorist attack over several months.”