Accused Bondi killer Naveed Akram transferred to prison from Sydney hospital

Savannah Meacham
7NEWS
Counter-terror police conducted overnight raids as part of the ongoing investigation into the Bondi Beach massacre.

The accused Bondi terrorist will soon be transferred to prison as Sydney prepares to mark a week since the horror massacre that claimed 15 lives.

Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid Akram, 50, allegedly opened fire on people gathered for the Chanukah by the Sea event, marking the first night of Hanukkah, at Bondi about 6.40pm on Sunday.

Fifteen people were killed, aged from 10 to 87, and 40 were injured in the terror attack.

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Sajid was killed following a shootout with police while Akram was also injured. He was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

Akram awoke from a coma on Tuesday before being charged on Wednesday with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and 40 counts of attempted murder.

He is also facing single counts of committing a terrorist act, discharging a firearm in public, causing a public display of a prohibited terrorist symbol and placing an explosive in or near a building with intent to cause harm.

Accused gunman Naveed Akram, 24, pictured at the Bondi Beach shooting.
Accused gunman Naveed Akram, 24, pictured at the Bondi Beach shooting. Credit: Supplied

On Saturday just six days after the horror massacre, Akram was reported as stable in hospital and is ready to be transferred to prison where he’ll be held until he faces court in April next year.

The body of his father, Sajid, remains in the morgue at the coroner’s office.

7NEWS understands counter terror police carrying out further raids on Friday night as part of investigations into the Bondi attack, the worst anti-Semitic crime in Australia’s history.

NSW Police and Australian Federal Police have vowed to throw everything in their arsenal at terror with 1000 extra officers deployed to protect the community, seen on the ground and in the air in Sydney on Saturday.

Extra police officers have been deployed in Sydney.
Extra police officers have been deployed in Sydney. Credit: 7NEWS

A multi-agency investigation is probing how and why the Bondi Beach massacre happened.

“Anybody who is subject to hatred or violence is going to be really in the crosshairs of the police,” former officer Robert Critchlow told 7NEWS.

Originally published on 7NEWS

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