Naveed Akram, 24, Sajid Akram, 50, allegedly visited Bondi two days before shootings: court documents

The alleged father and son Bondi terror gunmen were captured on CCTV visiting the footbridge just two days earlier for “reconnaissance and planning”, court documents allege. Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid Akram, 50, allegedly committed a terror attack at the Chanukah By The Sea Jewish event near Bondi Beach on December 14. Sajid Akram was shot and killed by police in the alleged incident, while Naveed Akram was shot and survived. Three days later he was charged with 59 offences by the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team, including commit terrorist act, 15 counts of murder and 40 counts of cause wounding with intent to murder. Mr Akram has not been required to enter pleas and remains in hospital under police guard. New details of what police allege occurred in the lead-up to the mass shooting have been revealed after a court appearance on Monday saw the preliminary police case released to the media. In a statement of facts prepared by investigators, police say CCTV footage captures two males, alleged to be Naveed Akram and Sajid Akram, arriving at the carpark near Archer Park, Bondi Beach, about 9.30pm on December 12. The two males park a vehicle and walk over the same footbridge where the alleged mass shooting unfolded, the documents allege. “The accused and his father are seen to exit the vehicle and walk along the footbridge, being the same position where they attended two days later and shot at members of the public,” the documents allege. “Police allege that this is evidence of reconnaissance and planning of a terrorist act.” It is alleged in the police fact sheet released by the court that the father and son adhere to a religiously motivated extremist ideology linked to Islamic State. Alleged Bondi gunmen filmed ‘training’: court In the statement of facts, police allege a video recorded in late October 2025 depicted the father and son “conducting firearms training in a countryside location, suspected to be in NSW”. “The accused and his father are seen throughout the video firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner,” the document reads. In another video from October mentioned in the court documents, police allege the two men are filmed in front of an image of an Islamic State flag making a number of statements regarding their motivation for the Bondi attack. “In this video, the accused and S. Akram recite their political and religious views and appear to summarise their justification for the Bondi terrorist attack,” the statement reads. The document states Mr Akram allegedly appears to recite a passage from the Quran, with four long-arm firearms resting on wood panelling behind them. Airbnb allegedly used as staging ground The statement of facts alleges Naveed Akram booked “Room 2” in a five bedroom home on Brighton Ave in Campsie through Airbnb in October for a three-week period from December 2 to December 21. The pair were allegedly captured on CCTV carrying “long and bulky” items wrapped in blankets from the property at 2.16am on December 14. It is alleged the footage then shows the father and son leave on their way to Bondi at 5.09pm. Naveed Akram’s mother, the court documents allege, told police she believed her son and husband were “away on holiday in Southern NSW”. The mother allegedly said the pair had left home a week prior, and that her son had called her daily. “The mother recalled that while he was away, the accused would call her each morning from a payphone nearby at approximately 10.30am and would discuss what he planned to do that day,” the court documents allege.