Alleged Bondi Beach gunman Naveed Akram awake from coma 

Fifteen people were killed when father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram, armed with what police described as “long guns”, opened fire on more than 1,000 people attending a Jewish festival on Sunday.

People attend a Campaign Against Antisemitism and Chabad UK event in Westminster, central London (Yui Mok/PA)

Alleged Bondi shooter Naveed Akram, who has been in hospital in a coma since the incident on Sunday, has regained consciousness this afternoon.

Early indications from the police investigations into the terror attack suggest the killers were “inspired by” the so-called Islamic State (IS) group, Australia’s federal police commissioner said.