"Naveed Akram, 24, faces charges of murdering 15 people and injuring dozens more in the shooting at a Hanukah celebration on 14 December. His 50-year-old father, Sajid Akram, 50, is the second alleged shooter and died at the scene. The police fact sheet outlining their allegations against Naveed reveals investigators believe three pipe bombs and a tennis ball bomb were thrown towards the crowd before the pair began shooting."
"A video found on the accused's phone, recorded in October, shows Naveed and his father sitting in front of an image of the IS flag, according to the document. Police allege that Naveed appearing with four long-arm firearms appears to recite in Arabic a passage from the Qur'an in the video, before he and his father go on to make in English several statements about why they planned to commit the Bondi attack, including condemning the acts of Zionists'."
Naveed Akram, 24, faces charges of murdering 15 people and injuring dozens at a Hanukah celebration on 14 December. His father, Sajid Akram, 50, is identified as the second alleged shooter and died at the scene. Police allege three pipe bombs and a tennis ball bomb were thrown toward the crowd before the shooting; the devices did not detonate but are alleged to have been viable improvised explosive devices. Police allege a video on the accused's phone shows the pair in front of an IS flag, with Naveed reciting an Arabic passage and making English statements about planning the Bondi attack. Another clip allegedly shows the pair training and firing shotguns. Police allege the pair acted in a joint criminal enterprise to further an Islamic State–aligned violent extremist cause. The fact sheet was released after lawyers for media companies applied for it to be released.
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