India Confirms Identity of a Bondi Beach Gunman
16th December 2025
Indian police said on Tuesday, December 16th, that one of the two gunmen behind the mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was an Indian citizen who left the country nearly three decades ago.
Sajid Akram, originally from Hyderabad, migrated to Australia in November 1998 in search of work, according to police in the southern state of Telangana.
Akram and his son, Naveed—listed as an Australian citizen in immigration records—opened fire on people celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday, December 14th, killing at least 15. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the attackers were driven by Islamic State ideology and that the assault was intended to spread fear within the Jewish community.
Indian authorities said Akram had maintained only limited contact with his family in Hyderabad since leaving the country and had no criminal or adverse record in India. His relatives in India told police they were unaware of any signs of radicalisation, adding that the factors behind the attack appeared to have no connection to India or local influences in Telangana.
As long as Islam exists, ‘jihadis’ will be a problem. It’s been that way for 1400 years, and there is no indication that it will change. Whether our Ruling Class will continue prating how ‘peaceful’ Muslims are while ignoring the mass murder, or whether they will wake up and decide to do something about it, is an exercise left for the reader.