Naveed Akram

(Newser) - A man accused of killing 15 people in a mass shooting at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach appeared in court Monday for the first time since his release from the hospital. Naveed Akram appeared in Sydney's Downing Center Local Court via a video link from the...

(Newser) - The Sydney shopkeeper who tackled a gunman during the Bondi Beach mass shooting says he acted on instinct, driven by a simple goal: stop more people from being killed. In an interview with CBS News , Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-born father of two, described grabbing 50-year-old Sajid Akram from behind...

(Newser) - Investigators are tracing a quiet monthlong stay in the southern Philippines by the Bondi Beach attack suspects, asking whether the trip has any link to Sunday's alleged ISIS-inspired shooting in Sydney. Australian authorities say 24-year-old Naveed Akram and his 50-year-old father, Sajid, flew from Sydney to the Philippines on...

(Newser) - The lone surviving suspect in Sunday's Bondi Beach massacre is now facing a sweeping list of 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder and terrorism, New South Wales police say. Authorities allege 24-year-old Naveed Akram and his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, opened fire at a Hanukkah celebration attended largely...