Sydney Bondi Beach terror attack: Indian police confirm attacker was from Hyderabad

 

Sydney Bondi Beach terror attack: Indian police confirm attacker was from Hyderabad

Indian police have confirmed that the perpetrator of the terrorist incident in the Australian coastal area of ​​Bondi Beach was from the Indian city of Hyderabad and had also visited India several times to meet his parents.

A press note issued by the Director General of Telangana State Police, Shivadhar Reddy, said that the accused in the terrorist attack in Bondi Beach, Sydney, was from the Indian city of Hyderabad.

He said that Sajid Akram, who killed 15 people by shooting at the Hanukkah festival, was an Indian and his son Naveed Akram was an Australian citizen. Sajid Akram did his B.Com from Hyderabad and migrated to Australia 27 years ago in search of employment.

 

The Indian police said that Sajid Akram married a European woman, Miss Venusa Grosso, and had settled permanently in Australia. Sajid Akram has two children, a son, Naveed Akram, and a daughter.

The attacker's relatives said that Sajid Akram had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad for 27 years and had visited India six times after moving to Australia for property matters or to meet his parents.

The relatives further said that Sajid Akram did not visit India even when his father passed away, while family members expressed ignorance of Sajid Akram's extremist thoughts or activities.

 

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The Indian police said that the extremist elements of Sajid Akram and Naveed do not appear to have any connection with India or Telangana and that the Telangana police did not have any negative records even before Sajid Akram's departure in 1998.

The Telangana police reiterated its commitment to cooperate with central agencies and other counterparts and requested the public and the media to refrain from speculating or making accusations without accurate facts.