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Sajid Akram, 50, 1 of the 2 Bondi Beach attackers who killed astatine slightest 16 radical astatine a Jewish lawsuit connected Sunday (December 14, 2025) successful Australia, is from Hyderabad, Indian authorities officials who ran a inheritance cheque connected the deceased told The Hindu. He past came to India successful 2022.
After migrating to Australia connected a student’s visa successful 1998, Akram, a nonmigratory of Tolichowki successful Hyderabad, came to India lone connected “two-three occasions,” officials said.
“His begetter died successful 2017; helium did not adjacent travel to be his past rites,” said a apical authorities authoritative said.
Another authoritative said that Akram’s contiguous household lives successful Hyderabad and his elder member is simply a doctor. His precocious begetter retired from the service successful UAE successful 1984.
Akram’s lad Naveed, the different attacker who was changeable by the constabulary and is admitted to a hospital, was calved successful Australia successful 2001 and is an Australian citizen.
“After completing bachelors successful commerce from Hyderabad, Akram moved to Australia and joined a European woman. He retained his Indian passport,” said the official.
On being asked if Akram had immoderate section links, the authoritative said, “Preliminary probe does not found immoderate section links truthful far. We bash not person entree to his activities successful Australia. His inheritance was checked based connected accusation from our sources.”
Australian authorities successful interaction with Indian officials
Sources besides confirmed to The Hindu that Australian authorities are “in touch” with Indian officials astir the investigation.
On Tuesday, Philippine migration officials said that Sajid Akram had travelled to the Philippines connected an Indian passport successful November, on with his lad Naveed Akram, who is an Australian national.
“Sajid Akram, 50, Indian national, and Naveed Akram, 24, Australian national, arrived successful the Philippines unneurotic past November 1, 2025, from Sydney, Australia,” the country’s Bureau of Immigration spokesperson Dana Sandoval told quality agencies successful Manila connected Tuesday.
The MEA did not respond to queries for a absorption to the comments made by the Philippines officials. Officials said that it is for Australian authorities to supply details of their investigations.
Thus far, Australian authorities person declined to remark connected the origins of the attackers. When asked specifically whether Sajid Akram belonged to India oregon to Pakistan, arsenic reports suggested, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that specified details were portion of the investigation.
“So I can’t spell into that item and it wouldn’t beryllium due to undermine the probe by going into it,” Mr. Albanese told reporters connected Tuesday.
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