How did shooters Naveed, Sajid Akram get 6 guns despite ISIS link?
The Bondi Beach shooting involved a father and son who opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah event, killing 15 people with legally owned firearms despite Australia’s strict gun laws.
The father-son duo, who carried out the deadly shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach during a Jewish Hanukkah event that killed 15 people, carried with them six firearms, all of which were seized by the police from the scene of the massacre.
Naveed Akram, 24, and Sajid Akram, 50, allegedly opened fire on a Jewish Hanukkah event shortly before 7 pm on Sunday at the famous beach. While Sajid Akram was shot dead by police, his son Naveed suffered critical injuries and remains in the hospital.
According to New South Wales Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon, Naveed and Sajid had six firearms licensed to them. “We are satisfied that we have six firearms from the scene yesterday, but also as a result of the search warrant at the Campsie address,” Lanyon said, adding that ballistics and forensic investigation will determine whether those six firearms are the six that were licensed to that man to confirm that they were used in the offence on Sunday at Bondi.
This is a significant development considering that Australia has tough gun laws. The country tightened laws three decades ago after a gunman armed with semiautomatic weapons killed 35 people at the Port Arthur historic tourist site in Tasmania. As per the National Firearms Agreement, all gun-owners are required to have a license and register their firearms in every jurisdiction.
