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Court Files Detail Bondi Attack Reconnaissance, ISIS Videos and IEDs

Newly released documents describe alleged planning activity and extremist media linked to the Chanukah shooting near Bondi Beach.

Overview

  • A police statement of facts alleges CCTV captured Naveed and Sajid Akram at the Archer Park footbridge on December 12 in what investigators say was pre‑attack reconnaissance.
  • Court materials describe October footage that allegedly shows the pair conducting firearms training in a rural setting and a separate video recorded before an Islamic State flag referencing a planned "Bondi attack."
  • Investigators say devices seized from an iPhone and other locations contained videos and images indicating adherence to a religiously motivated violent extremist ideology.
  • Documents outline an October Airbnb booking in Campsie and CCTV that allegedly shows weapons, improvised explosive devices and ISIS flags being loaded into a silver Hyundai before the drive to Bondi.
  • Naveed Akram faces 59 charges, including committing a terrorist act and 15 counts of murder, remains in hospital under police guard, and his father Sajid was shot dead by police during the attack that killed 15 people.