Australia's Bondi Beach Shooting Suspect From Hyderabad; Migrated From India 27 Years Ago, Says Telangana Police

Sajid Akram, one of the suspects in the recent mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia, is a native of Hyderabad, the Telangana Police said on Tuesday. Akram migrated to Australia 27 years ago and had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad, the Telangana DGP office said in a statement, PTI reported. Sajid Akram completed his B.Com in Hyderabad and migrated to Australia in search of employment in November 1998, it said.The factors that led to radicalisation of Sajid Akram and his son Naveed Akram appear to have no connection with India or any local influence in Telangana, the DGP's office added.According to Australia's Home Minister Tony Burke, the father had arrived in the country in 1998 on a student visa, which was transferred to a partner

visa in 2001 and later into a resident return visa, reported The Sydney Morning Herald.

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Bondi Beach attack inspired by Islamic State

Australia's federal police commissioner, Krissy Barrett, has revealed that the shooting was a terrorist attack inspired by Islamic State. A news conference by political and law enforcement leaders on Tuesday was the first time officials confirmed their beliefs about the suspects' ideologies. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the remarks were based on evidence obtained, including "the presence of Islamic State flags in the vehicle that has been seized".

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During a Hanukkah celebration over the weekend on Sydney's Bondi Beach, two gunmen opened fire, killing 15 people and injuring several others. This was one of the deadliest shootings in almost three decades in Australia, which has strict gun control laws. Prime Minister Albanese called the attack an act of antisemitic terrorism that struck at the "heart of the nation".The gunmen who opened fire were identified as Sajid Akram (50) and Naveed Akram (24). The 50-year-old gunman was fatally shot by the police; the other shooter, his son, was wounded and was being treated at a hospital.There are 25 people still being treated in hospitals after Sunday's massacre, 10 of them in critical condition. Three of them are patients in a children's hospital. Those killed ranged in age from 10 to 87 years old.(With agency inputs)