Bondi gunmen acted alone, no evidence they were part of militant cell, Australian police say

A CCTV footage shows Naveed Akram and his father, Sajid Akram, both suspects in the shooting attack during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, carrying items wrapped in blankets, while exiting 103 Brighton Avenue, Campsie, New South Wales, Australia, in this still image taken from a court document released on December 22, 2025. NSW Police/Handout via REUTERS

SYDNEY, Dec ‌30 (Reuters) - Two gunmen who allegedly opened fire on a Jewish celebration ‌on Sydney's Bondi Beach earlier this month acted alone and ‌there was "no evidence" they were part of a militant cell, police said on Tuesday.

Naveed Akram and his father Sajid Akram are alleged to have killed 15 people at a ‍Hanukkah event on December 14, Australia's worst mass ‍shooting in almost three decades ‌that shocked the nation and led to immediate reforms of already strict ‍gun ​laws.