22 Dec 2025

Bondi gunmen filmed 'firearms training' and threw explosives into crowd, court told

4:24 pm on 22 December 2025

By Jamie McKinnell, ABC

Immigration photos of Naveed (left) and Sajid Akram as they arrived in Manila on November 1.

Immigration photos of Naveed (left) and Sajid Akram as they arrived in Manila on 1 November. Photo: ABC

The Bondi gunman accused of killing 15 people conducted "firearms training" with his father in a regional area and recorded a video about their "justification" for the attack, according to documents released by a Sydney court.

Twenty-four-year-old Naveed Akram faces 59 charges including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act over the attack.

His father Sajid was shot dead by police.

A court last week placed an interim suppression order over the police statement of alleged facts, but new orders today paved the way for a redacted version of the document to be released.

It reveals allegations Naveed Akram and his father threw four improvised explosive devices towards the crowd in Archer Park - where a Jewish event was being held - when they arrived at the scene.

Those devices did not detonate.

In a video mentioned in the alleged facts, Naveed Akram and his father recite "political and religious views" and "appear to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack".

More to come.

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