{"id":520349,"date":"2025-12-17T10:01:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:01:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=520349"},"modified":"2025-12-17T10:01:38","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T05:01:38","slug":"gunman-sajid-akram-hails-from-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/gunman-sajid-akram-hails-from-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Gunman Sajid Akram hails from India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bondi mass shooting<br \/>\nAkram migrated to Australia in 1998 and visited India on six occasions after migration<br \/>\n New Delhi<br \/>\nIndian police said on Tuesday that one of the two gunmen behind Australia\u2019s Bondi Beach mass shootings, Sajid Akram, was an Indian citizen who had left the country 27 years ago.<br \/>\nAkram and his son Naveed \u2014 who is listed on Australian immigration records as an Australian citizen, according to authorities \u2014 opened fire on people celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday, killing 15.<br \/>\n\u201cSajid Akram is originally from Hyderabad, India. He migrated to Australia in search of employment approximately 27 years ago, in November 1998,\u201d police in India\u2019s southern state of Telangana said in a statement.<br \/>\n\u201cAs per information available from his relatives in India, Sajid Akram had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad over the past 27 years,\u201d the statement added.<br \/>\n\u201cHe visited India on six occasions after migrating to Australia, primarily for family-related reasons such as property matters and visits to his elderly parents. It is understood that he did not travel to India even at the time of his father\u2019s demise.\u201d<br \/>\nAustralia\u2019s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the father and son who carried out one of the country\u2019s deadliest mass shootings were driven by \u201cIslamic State ideology\u201d.<br \/>\nAuthorities said the attack was designed to sow panic among the nation\u2019s Jews.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bondi mass shooting Akram migrated to Australia in 1998 and visited India on six occasions after migration New Delhi Indian police said on Tuesday that one of the two gunmen behind Australia\u2019s Bondi Beach mass shootings, Sajid Akram, was an Indian citizen who had left the country 27 years ago. 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