Family of Bondi shooting accused fear for their safety, court hears

People mourn near floral tributes for victims and survivors of a deadly mass shooting during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach on December 14, in Sydney, Australia, December 21, 2025. REUTERS/Eloisa Lopez

SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - The family of ⁠a man accused of killing 15 people at a Jewish festival on Sydney's Bondi Beach last year fear ⁠for their safetyafter a spate of alleged vigilante attacks, a court heard on Tuesday.

Naveed Akram, 24, is accused ‌of opening fire on a Hanukkah celebration on December 14 in Australia's worst mass shooting in decades.