Bondi Beach Terror Attack 2025

Naveed Akram, 24, is identified as one of the terrorists

Oskar Forsberg

Updated 14.14 | Published 14.08

One of the terrorists on Bondi Beach was shot dead by police.

The other was arrested.

According to the police, one of them is 24-year-old Naveed Akram.

A total of at least twelve people were killed and 29 people were injured in the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australien.

The police are investigating the incident as a terrorist attack on a Jewish Chanukkah celebration on the beach.

Two terrorists opened fire. One of them was later killed by police, the other was arrested.

One of them is identified as Naveed Akram, 24, a resident of Bonnyrigg, a suburb southwest of Sydney's city center. He was dressed in black and stood on the footbridge and fired.

It is unclear whether Naveed Akram is the one who was shot dead or if he has been arrested.

 

Naveed Akram, 24, is identified as one of the terrorists. Photo: X

 

One of the shooters was shot dead – the other was arrested. Photo: Screenshot/X

The police are said to have searched his home after the shooting. This is reported by the Australian ABC News, citing police sources.

After the shooting, several homemade bombs were also found in a car in the area. The car is believed to belong to one of the perpetrators.

According to local media, one of the suspected terrorists was previously known to the police.

"One of these individuals was known to us, but not as an immediate threat," said Mal Lanyon, New South Wales Police Commissioner, to Australia's ABC News.