Accused Bondi attack gunman denied order to suppress family members’ identities

Mourners gather by floral tributes at the Bondi Pavillion in memory of the victims of a shooting at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on December 15, 2025. Picture: Saeed KHAN / AFP via Getty Images.

A man accused of killing 15 people in a terror attack targeting a Hanukkah event at Australia’s Bondi Beach has lost a bid to have the identities of his family members suppressed.

Naveed Akram, 24, is accused of 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act over the attack in which dozens of people were injured at Sydney’s Archer Park in December His father, Sajid, 50, was shot dead by police at the scene.