Who’s Bondi Beach suspect Naveed Akram? | News World

More details are being revealed in regards to the surviving suspected Bondi Beach shooter after 15 people were killed at a Hanukkah event.

Two terrorist gunmen opened fire at a crowd of greater than 1,000 celebrating the Jewish festival within the Archer Park shortly before 7pm.

A ten-year-old girl and a British-born rabbi are among the many dead, while dozens of persons are in hospital after Naveed Akram, 24, and his dad, Sajid Akram, allegedly began shooting indiscriminately into the gang.

An area fruit seller, Ahmed al Ahmed, managed to wrestle the weapon off him before the gunman was shot dead by police.

His son Naveed Akram was critically injured and apprehended by the police, and the 24-year-old stays in hospital.

Here’s what we all know in regards to the surviving prime suspect.

Akram is from Bonnyrigg in southwest Sydney. Detectives searched properties within the neighbourhood and within the Campsie areas within the aftermath of the attack.

Reports of a black Isis flag draped over the attacker’s automotive ‘would form a part of the investigation,’ the Latest South Wales state police commissioner, Mal Lanyon, said.

There was no third person involved within the attack, he confirmed after reports that a minimum of another person was on the run.

Former classmates who knew Akram at Cabramatta High School said they were ‘absolutely shocked’ after they saw the younger man’s picture within the news following the mass shooting.

Akram is believed to have began at the varsity in west Sydney in Yr 7 in 2014 before leaving to work as a bricklayer around Yr 10 or 11, in response to Day by day Mail.

Steven Luong, a former classmate, who played basketball with Akram after school, told the outlet: ‘I could have never imagined in 100 years that this may very well be his doing.

‘He was a really nice person. He never did anything unusual.

‘He never even interrupted at school.’

The older gunman was a part of a gun club, and he had a licence for six weapons, which were found to have been utilized in the attack.

One other classmate, who asked to not be named, said she is ‘very shocked,’ and described him as ‘considered one of the smart kids.’

She continued: ‘He was just normal. Nice. Quiet.

‘We were never friends, but spoke in passing. Same classes, same teachers, sat near one another. So crazy.’

What has Akram’s family said in regards to the alleged shooter?

Verena Akram, Naveed’s mum, has spoken from her home in Bonnyrigg surrounded by police.

Ms Akram said her son had told the family he had gone to Jervis Bay along with his dad to fish and swim.

She told the Sydney Morning Herald: ‘He rings me up [on Sunday] and said, “Mum, I just went for a swim. I went scuba diving. We’re going… to eat now.”

‘After which this morning, “we’re going to remain home now since it’s extremely popular.”‘

Mr Akram was reportedly not capable of discover her son from a photograph from the scene.

She continued: ‘He doesn’t have a firearm. He doesn’t even exit. He doesn’t mix around with friends. He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t go to bad places.

‘He goes to work, he comes home, he goes to exercise, and that’s it.’

She described her son as not particularly social at college and that he was working as a bricklayer until around two months ago when the firm became insolvent.

Akram is predicted to live to face criminal charges, the police commissioner confirmed.

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