Police raid home of Pakistani Muslim man suspected of Bondi Beach terror attack - Jerusalem Post Staff

 

by Jerusalem Post Staff

According to his Facebook page, viewed by the Post, Akram studied at Central Queensland University in Sydney and Hamdard University in Islamabad.

 

One of the suspected shooters in the Bondi Beach mass shooting, December 14, 2025.

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One of the terrorists who carried out the shooting attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah party was likely a Muslim man of Pakistani origin, a senior law enforcement official told ABC News.

The man's name is Naveed Akram, from Bonnyrigg, and his house had been raided.

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Akram's driver's license was found at the scene, and showed him to be 24 years old (DOB 12 August 2001).

An aerial view of emergency personnel working at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025, in this screen grab from a video. (credit: NINE NETWORK/SEVEN NETWORK/AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION/Handout via REUTERS)

'Nothing on his social media profile indicating his beliefs'

According to his Facebook page, viewed by the Post, Akram studied at Central Queensland University in Sydney and Hamdard University in Islamabad.

He also studied at Al Murad Institute, where he was described as a model student.

There was nothing on his social media profile that indicated his beliefs.

NSW police have not yet confirmed this information.

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Jerusalem Post Staff

Source: https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-880274

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