Bondi terror accused Naveed Akram faces 59 charges
Accused terrorist Naveed Akram has been charged with murder among 59 offences over the deadly Bondi Beach attack.
Accused murderer Naveed Akram is facing a court hearing from his hospital bed charged with 59 offences over the Bondi Beach shootings which killed 15 people.
Akram, 24, was set to face a bedside court hearing from hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
He is charged with 15 counts of murder – one for each of the victims – and one count of committing a terrorist act.
Akram is also charged with 40 counts of wounding with intent to murder and single counts of discharging a firearm in public, causing a public display of a prohibited terrorist symbol and placing an explosive in or near a building with intent to cause harm.
Akram was shot by police at the scene and spent days in a coma before being charged.
His father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed by police at the scene.
Today, the first funerals for victims of the shooting have been held, along with an emotional tribute at Adelaide Oval at the beginning of the test cricket.
The victims of the shooting were celebrating the Jewish festival of lights at Australia’s most famous beach on Sunday night.
They ranged in age from 10 to 87.
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Twenty people remain in hospital with injuries sustained in the incident.
Today, the family of a 22-year-old police officer who was shot during the Bondi terror attack and had only been in the force for four months told of his long recovery ahead – and that the young man had lost vision in one of his eyes.
Probationary Constable Jack Hibbert and fellow NSW police officer Constable Scott Dyson were seriously injured during the horrific mass shooting at the Jewish festival on Sunday.
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