Everything we know about Bondi Beach shooting suspects Naveed and Sajid Akram

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) said on Sunday it was investigating whether there was any further threat to Jewish Australians after the mass shooting.

The suspected gunmen have named in local media as Sajid and Naved Akram. Here is everything we know so far about the pair.

Who are the suspects?

Sajid, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24, were father and son. The pair’s family home was in Bonnyrigg, a suburb in Western Sydney about a 45-minute drive to Bondi Beach.

Naveed was a recently unemployed bricklayer while his father Sajid was a fruiterer. The Sydney Morning Herald reported the pair had recently returned from a trip to the Philippines.

The Australian newspaper reported Naveed and Sajid told their family they were on a fishing trip in Jervis Bay, a popular beach area on the south coast of New South Wales, about 117 miles away from Bondi Beach.

However, the pair were actually in a short-term rental in Campsie – a western Sydney suburb slightly closer to Bondi Beach than Bonnyrigg – that lets out rooms to travellers by the night.

Naveed’s mother, Verena, told the Herald: “[My son] rings me up and said. ‘Mum. I just went for a swim. I went scuba diving. We’re going … to eat now, and then this morning, and we’re going to stay home now because it’s very hot”.

CCTV footage shows Sajid and Naveed walking in Campsie at about 5.15pm before driving to Bondi Beach, where the shooting happened at 6.47pm.

It is thought that Sajid was shot dead by police at the scene of the attack, while Naveed suffered critical injuries and was taken to hospital under police guard.

ASIO director general Mike Burgess said on Sunday night after the shooting that Naveed was known to counter terror authorities but was not considered “an immediate threat perspective”.

Australian home affairs minister Tony Burke said Sajid came to Australia on a student visa in 1998 but would not say what country.

Mr Albanese said in a press conference that Naveed is an Australian-born citizen who has been monitored by the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation since October 2019.

Naveed was examined for six months over alleged connections with extremists, with local media reporting claims the counter-terrorism investigation involved an Islamic State cell.

“[Naveed Akram] was examined on the basis of being associated with others and the assessment was made that there was no indication of any ongoing threat or threat of him engaging in violence,” Mr Albanese said.

In a later update, Mr Albanese said there was “no evidence that these people were part of a cell”.

“Clearly, they were motivated by this extremist ideology, and further detail, of course, will be released when the police go through their work.

NSW Police commissioner Mal Lanyon said the Naveed would potentially face criminal charges while promising a “very thorough and transparent investigation” into the massacre.