{"id":4401,"date":"2025-12-17T06:35:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/australian-police-charge-alleged-bondi-beach-gunman-as-first-funerals-held\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T06:35:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T06:35:20","slug":"australian-police-charge-alleged-bondi-beach-gunman-as-first-funerals-held","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/australian-police-charge-alleged-bondi-beach-gunman-as-first-funerals-held\/","title":{"rendered":"Australian police charge alleged Bondi Beach gunman as first funerals held"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><span>DEVELOPING STORY, <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Fifty-nine charges are being introduced after the deadly shooting that also wounded dozens of others.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Australian authorities say they have charged a man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney\u2019s Bondi Beach, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/15\/bondi-beach-attack-what-do-we-know-about-the-victims-suspects\">killing 15 people<\/a>, with \u201cterrorism\u201d and murder charges, as mourners gathered to begin funerals for the victims.<\/p>\n<p>Police and local courts said on Wednesday that 59 charges are being introduced after the deadly shooting that also wounded dozens of others, including two officers.<\/p>\n<section>\n<h2>Recommended Stories <\/h2>\n<p><span>list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span>list 1 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/17\/indias-new-suicide-crisis-poll-workers-take-lives-amid-voter-recount-rush\">India\u2019s new suicide crisis: Poll workers take lives amid voter recount rush<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 2 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/16\/canadian-mp-blocked-from-west-bank-rejects-israels-safety-concern-claims\">Canadian MP blocked from West Bank rejects Israel\u2019s \u2018safety concern\u2019 claims<\/a><\/li>\n<li><span>list 3 of 3<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2025\/12\/17\/trump-orders-total-blockade-of-sanctioned-venezuelan-oil-tankers\">Trump orders naval blockade of sanctioned Venezuelan oil tankers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span>end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Among the offenses are \u201ccommitting a terrorist act\u201d, wounding with intent to murder, placing an explosive, discharging a firearm with intent to cause grievous bodily harm, and publicly displaying a terrorist symbol.<\/p>\n<p>There are 20 people receiving care in Sydney hospitals for injuries sustained in Sunday\u2019s shooting, according to NSW Health. That includes one patient in a critical condition and several in a critical but stable condition.<\/p>\n<p>Two suspected gunmen, identified as 50-year-old Sajid Akram and his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram, carried the attack using six firearms owned by the former.<\/p>\n<p>New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said police were still waiting for medication to wear off before formally questioning the son, who was shot but survived the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Naveed Akram reportedly woke up from a coma on Tuesday afternoon. Sajid Akram died at the scene of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor his fairness, we need him to understand what is exactly happening,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Syrian-Australian man Ahmed al-Ahmed tackled one of the gunmen during the attack, wrestling a shotgun from his grip and turning it on the attacker.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Tuesday that he is \u201cthe best of our country\u201d as he visited the hospital where the man was being treated for gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DEVELOPING STORY, Fifty-nine charges are being introduced after the deadly shooting that also wounded dozens of others. Australian authorities say they have charged a man who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Sydney\u2019s Bondi Beach, killing 15 people, with \u201cterrorism\u201d and murder charges, as mourners gathered to begin funerals for the victims. &#8230; <a title=\"Australian police charge alleged Bondi Beach gunman as first funerals held\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/australian-police-charge-alleged-bondi-beach-gunman-as-first-funerals-held\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Australian police charge alleged Bondi Beach gunman as first funerals held\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4402,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4401"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4401\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4401"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4401"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pronews.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4401"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}