SYDNEY, March 17, 2026 (BSS/AFP) - Accused Bondi Beach killer Naveed Akram's mother has received death threats and abuse following an antisemitic shooting that killed 15 people, his lawyer told a court on Monday. Naveed Akram and his father Sajid are accused of opening fire on a Hanukkah celebration at the Sydney beach in December. "The defendant is charged with the most serious and the most notorious terrorist act this country has ever seen," his lawyer Richard Wilson told the court. His mother, who cannot be named under an interim court order, received a phone call two weeks after the Bondi attack from a man who said, "Are you still alive? Wilson said there was a risk "vigilantes" would go further in taking out their anger over the attack on Akram's family.

Source: Bangladesh Sangbad Sangstha March 17, 2026 05:10 UTC