Overview
- MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Australian authorities are in touch with Indian counterparts regarding the Bondi Beach case.
- Telangana Police identified Sajid Akram as originally from Hyderabad, noting he held an Indian passport and had no adverse record in India before departing in 1998.
- Police named the attackers as Sajid Akram, 50, who was shot dead at the scene, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, who has been charged with 59 offences including murder and terrorism.
- Authorities are investigating the December 14 shooting at a Hanukkah event as an ISIS-inspired act, with Islamic State flags recovered from the attackers’ vehicle.
- Indian officials said there is no evidence the pair’s radicalisation was linked to India, and cross-border cooperation continues as investigators pursue wider leads.