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Bondi gunmen filmed 'firearms training' and threw explosives into crowd, court told

16:24 pm on 22 December 2025

By Jamie McKinnell, ABC

Immigration photos of Naveed (left) and Sajid Akram as they arrived in Manila on 1 November. Photo: ABC

The Bondi gunman accused of killing 15 people conducted "firearms training" with his father in a regional area and recorded a video about their "justification" for the attack, according to documents released by a Sydney court.

Twenty-four-year-old Naveed Akram faces 59 charges including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act over the attack.

His father Sajid was shot dead by police.

A court last week placed an interim suppression order over the police statement of alleged facts, but new orders today paved the way for a redacted version of the document to be released.

It reveals allegations Naveed Akram and his father threw four improvised explosive devices towards the crowd in Archer Park - where a Jewish event was being held - when they arrived at the scene.

Those devices did not detonate.

In a video mentioned in the alleged facts, Naveed Akram and his father recite "political and religious views" and "appear to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack".

More to come.

- ABC