Naveed Akram Charged With 19 Additional Offences in Bondi Beach Shooting

Naveed Akram, the 24-year-old man accused in the Bondi Beach shooting that killed six people and wounded nine others on 14 December 2025, has been charged with 19 additional offences. The new counts comprise 10 charges of shooting with intent to murder, six charges of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest, and three charges of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.

Akram already faced 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act.

The additional charges were laid in April and formally confirmed in court this week. Prosecutors told the court on Wednesday they are continuing to review approximately 230,000 CCTV images along with multiple electronic devices that require translation. A deadline for the full brief of evidence has been set for 12 August.

Akram has not entered a plea. He remains in custody at Goulburn Supermax prison, more than 100 miles southwest of Sydney. The shooting occurred during a Jewish festival gathering on the beach. Following the incident, the New South Wales government established a Royal Commission to examine the events and related preparedness.

The commission's scope has been limited by the ongoing criminal proceedings against Akram. No publicly released commission findings have addressed the question of radical Islamist extremism. Robert Gregory, president of the Australian Jewish Association, told Sky News Australia that the commission's credibility was undermined by its failure to examine that issue.