Verena, the mother of Naveed Akram, a suspect in the Bondi Beach Hanukkah shooting, was shocked to hear of her son's involvement in the shooting, saying he was a "good boy" and the type of son every mother would want. “Anyone would wish to have a son like my son … he’s a good boy," Verena told The Sydney Morning Herald.

SYDNEY: A former colleague of one of the Bondi Beach attackers told a foreign media outlet that Naveed Akram’s background is Indian. In an interview with A Current Affair, former co-worker Lachie said he immediately identified Akram when he saw his photograph online.

Naveed Akram, once a teenage volunteer for a peaceful Muslim community group, is now under suspicion for a recent mass shooting in Sydney. Despite lacking extremist tendencies in 2019, his radicalization journey surprised authorities.

Sajid Akram was shot dead at the scene, while Naveed was arrested and remains under police guard in hospital with serious injuries.

Standing in the rain outside a suburban Sydney train station, seventeen-year-old Naveed Akram stares into the camera and urges those watching to spread the word of Islam.

A Pakistani-origin man living in Sydney put out of video seeking help to stop the misinformation on social media where his photo was used as that of shooter Naveed Akram, as both of them have the same name.

The death ‌toll from Sunday's ​mass shooting at ‍a Jewish holiday ​celebration on ​Sydney’s ⁠Bondi Beach rose to 16, police said early on Monday. Police ‌said in a post ​on X ‌that 16 ‍people had ⁠died and 40 people remained in hospital following the shooting.