Hyderabad: Sajid Akram, one of the two terrorists who killed 15 people in a gruesome mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, recently, hailed from Hyderabad, the Telangana police said

On this episode of South, India Today's Nagarjun Dwarakanath tracks the Hyderabad connection to the Sydney Bondi Beach shooting. The Telangana Police have confirmed that the attacker, Sajid Akram, hailed from Tolichowki.

Telangana Police say Bondi Beach shooting suspect Sajid Akram left Hyderabad in 1998, had limited contact with family in India and lived in Australia for nearly three decades.

The suspected gunmen, who killed at least 15 in the Bondi Beach terror attack in Australia, have been identified as a father-son duo. Sajid Akram was a 50-year-old fruit seller who was killed at the scene,

New details show Sydney attack suspect Sajid Akram was Indian, as officials dismiss claims linking the Bondi Beach attack to Pakistan.

The shooting occurred on Sunday evening at Bondi Beach while a Hanukkah gathering was underway. Australian authorities said Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, opened fire using rifles, killing at least 15 people and injuring 42 others.

Sajid Akram, a gunman in the Bondi Beach shooting, had minimal contact with his Hyderabad family, who disowned him after his marriage. The family denies knowledge of his radicalisation, which investigators believe is unrelated to Indian influences.

Indian police said on Tuesday that one of the two gunmen behind Australia's Bondi Beach mass shootings, Sajid Akram, was an Indian citizen who had left the country 27 years ago.

Bondi Beach shooters Sajid and Naveed Akram, who killed 15 unarmed civilians in Sydney, travelled to the Philippines to receive military-style training from Islamist outfits, according to reports. While Sajid used an Indian passport,