Overview
- The charge additions were confirmed on Wednesday and add 19 counts to the existing indictment against Naveed Akram, including 10 counts of shooting with intent to murder, three counts of causing wounding with intent to murder and six counts of discharging a firearm to resist arrest.
- Akram was already facing 59 offences from the December 14, 2025 Bondi Beach attack, which police say was inspired by Islamic State and killed 15 people at a Hanukkah 'By The Sea' event.
- Prosecutors told court they are reviewing roughly 230,000 CCTV images plus numerous electronic devices that require translation, and they sought an adjournment to compile the formal brief of evidence.
- Akram remains on remand at Goulburn Supermax, has not entered any pleas, and the Downing Centre Local Court set the next major hearing and committal timetable for August 12, 2026.
- The case is shaping national debate: suppression orders were sought to protect victims and officers, the prosecution involves the Joint Counter-Terrorism Team and commonwealth authorities, and the attack prompted a government Royal Commission and renewed scrutiny of gun laws and antisemitism.