Slain Australia beach shooting suspect native of Hyderabad: Telangana Police

Hyderabad/Melbourne, Dec 16: Sajid Akram, the 50-year-old slain suspect in a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach in Australia, was an Indian citizen hailing from Hyderabad, Telangana Police revealed on Tuesday.

While he had migrated to Australia 27 years ago, Akram carried an Indian passport.

Akram, along with his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram, recently travelled to the Philippines on an Indian passport.

Akram, one of the two suspects in the mass shooting that has left 15 people dead and dozens injured, migrated to Australia in 1998 and had limited contact with his family here since then, the Telangana DGP’s office said in a statement.