The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney’s Bondi Beach is charged with an additional 19 offences, on top of the 59 that already lie against him.
Akram, 24, has already faced 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of the commission of a terrorist act. The new charges, filed in April, have only now been confirmed by authorities.
They include 10 counts of shooting at a person with intent to murder, six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest, and three counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder. The 19 counts bring the total to 78.
Akram has made brief appearances in court but has not yet entered a plea to the fresh charges. He is scheduled to appear again in August.
Prosecutors said investigators from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team are steadily moving through the evidence, which includes 230,000 CCTV images and data from devices linked to those believed to have ties with Akram. The material still requires translation and other forensic work.
Akram’s lawyer, Leonie Gittani, explained that the extra charges were not a surprise to her client and that the process is now in place. She noted that the case is unprecedented and that a large amount of work still lies ahead.
The collision between father and son—Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed—at Bondi Beach escalated when the father was shot by police on 14 December 2025. The son was critically injured by police, left Hospital, and then transferred to prison.
Court documents released late December indicate that the two shooters planned the attack for months, even visiting the beach for reconnaissance two days before the tragedy.
Footage from October shows the men discussing their motives and condemning “the acts of Zionists,” while separate footage shows them practicing firearms in a New South Wales countryside location.
The attack, Australia's worst mass shooting in nearly three decades, prompted significant gun law reform, a crackdown on hate speech and the establishment of a Royal Commission into antisemitism.
