Sydney: Australia is grappling with one of its deadliest mass shootings in decades after a targeted terror attack on Sydney’s Jewish community near Bondi Beach on Sunday, December 14. The shooting, which took place around 6:47 pm (local time) during Hanukkah celebrations, killed at least 15 people, including a 10-year-old girl.

Australia will hold the first funerals Wednesday for victims of the Bondi Beach mass shooting, with huge crowds expected to grieve two rabbis slain in the attack.

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.

Sajid Akram, the 50-year-old slain suspect in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia, was an Indian citizen hailing from Hyderabad, Telangana Police revealed on Tuesday.

Australia's domestic intelligence agency, ASIO, examined one of the Bondi Beach gunmen six years ago for his close ties to a Sydney-based Islamic State terrorism cell, the ABC understands.

In a critical development, Australian authorities confirm that terror suspect Naveed Akram has awakened from a coma following a deadly attack in Sydney that claimed 15 lives and injured 42 others. Akram had been unconscious since the attack,

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.

A senior law enforcement official has confirmed that one of the Bondi Beach gunmen was Naveed Akram from Bonnyrigg in Sydney's south-west. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Akram's home in Bonnyrigg is currently being raided by police, ABC News Australia reported.