Who Are Sajid, Naveed Akram? Father-Son Duo Who Killed 15 In Bondi Beach Shooting

Sydney police on Monday revealed that the two suspected gunmen behind the massacre of 15 people at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach were a father and son. The attack, which is being viewed as a targeted antisemitic shooting, unfoled on Sunday evening, when the duo opened fire at a crowd of about 1,000.

Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, law enforcement agencies said thay the gunmen have been identified as 24-year-old male Naveed Akram and his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram.

The 50-year-old father died at the scene, pushing the death toll to 16, while his 24-year-old son fights for life in critical condition at a hospital, Reuters reported. He was shot at by the police at the time of the attack. Sajid was a fruit vendor, and he died at the crime scene.