Khaled al-Nablusi and Naveed Akram identified as Bondi Beach shooting suspects in Sydney, Australia that shot dead 16 dead, injured 29 during Jewish Hanukkah celebrations at packed beach.
Bondi Beach shooters id as Pakistan father, 50 & son, 24 years old
The Islamic terrorists who massacred innocent beachgoers on Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, amid Jewish festivities have been identified.
Police said that they were ‘aware’ of one of the gunmen was known to Australian Security Intelligence Service and had been under surveillance but had yet to arrest him prior to Sunday’s bloodbath that left 16 dead and 29 injured.
Pakistani national, id as one of Sydney Bondi mass shooting suspects
Witnesses said two men stepped out of the vehicle on Campbell Parade, just on 6.40 p.m and over the course of roughly 10 minutes fired around 50 bullets into packed crowds and beach attendees.
One of the shooters, Naveed Akram, 24, hailed from Bonnyrigg in Sydney’s south-west. He reportedly told his mother he was going on a fishing trip. Cops raided his family home Sunday night after NSW Police decrying Sunday’s atrocities as an act of ‘terrorism.’
Akram was shot, arrested and remains in custody, where he is being treated by emergency services. Reports told of the 24-year-old not being on cops radar.
The other gunman, Khaled al-Nablusi, was shot dead at the scene. Australian media has yet to officially identify him as one of the gunmen, nevertheless, social media was ripe with photos that matched the Lebanese national as one of the gunmen.
Sydney father of 2 id as Bondi Beach hero bystander who disarmed shooter
The death toll from the massacre rose to 16 by Monday morning local time, and includes a 10-year-old child. The oldest fatal victim is understood to be 87.
The attackers targeted a ‘Hanukkah by the Sea event’ on Sydney’s Bondi Beach in an act of ‘terrorism’. Around 1000 Jewish congregants were in attendance. That was in addition to the thousands more locals and tourists enjoying Australia’s most iconic beach on a warm summer’s evening.
At least 16 people were killed and at least 40 people were injured as the Jewish community was taking part in a family-focused festival to celebrate the the first night of Hanukkah.
Police sources told The Daily Telegraph that the terrorists also threw two pipe bombs towards the crowd but they failed to explode. Further explosvies were found in a parked car on Campbell Parade.
