<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A man accused of unleashing the country's deadliest </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/terrorism" rel="" target="" title="terror attack"><span>terror attack</span></a><span> has been hit with fresh charges six months after the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/bondi-beach" rel="" target="" title="Bondi Beach"><span>Bondi Beach</span></a><span> massacre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Naveed Akram opened fire on a crowd of people celebrating </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/antisemitism-royal-commission-daughter-of-bondi-beach-terror-attack-victim-hopes-for-social-cohesion-as-royal-commission-public-hearings-begin/de716be3-45ed-44d3-91e8-d33e5194eb30" rel="" target="" title="Hanukkah at Bondi Beach"><span>Hanukkah at Bondi Beach</span></a><span> alongside his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, on December 14.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The attack left 15 people dead - including a 10-year-old girl - and dozens more injured.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-israel-iran-war-live-updates-may-6-donald-trump-latest-world-news-headlines/f734aa28-08d0-4969-92ed-dcad5d03ad31" target="_blank"><strong><span>'You'll find out': Trump issues fresh warning to Iran</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The elder Akram was shot dead by police, while his son was charged with 59 offences and held at Goulburn's supermax </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="" title="prison"><span>prison</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The existing charges included committing a terrorist act, 15 counts of murder, and 40 charges of attempted </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/murder" rel="" target="" title="murder"><span>murder</span></a><span> over his alleged role in the massacre.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But the 24-year-old has been hit with a further 19 charges while in custody, including ten counts of shooting with intent to murder and six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/fresh-charges-added-for-bondi-massacre-terror-accused/675ff372-6227-4e0b-a255-ab3799f2fef4" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Records reveal the additional charges were laid in April, ahead of a mention of the matter in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/sydney" rel="" target="" title="Sydney's"><span>Sydney's</span></a><span> Downing Centre </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/courts" rel="" target="" title="Local Court"><span>Local Court</span></a><span> on Wednesday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He has not yet been required to enter pleas to any of the charges.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The father-and-son attack was Australia's deadliest mass shooting since the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/australia-marks-port-arthur-massacre-30-year-anniversary/8d9e16ab-9da4-4a0e-9a78-108a0f5c7429" rel="" target="" title="Port Arthur massacre"><span>Port Arthur massacre</span></a><span> in 1996.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The men allegedly tossed three pipe bombs filled with steel ball bearings and a tennis ball bomb into a crowd celebrating Hanukkah at Archer Park before opening fire.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>None of the bombs detonated.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A box-like bomb was also allegedly found in the boot of their car, while two hand-painted ISIS flags were also in the vehicle.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&hl=en_AU&pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>
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