Accused Bondi Beach killer Naveed Akram appears in court by video linkAFP, SYDNEYAccused Bondi Beach killer Naveed Akram yesterday appeared in an Australian court via video link, in his first public hearing since the nation’s worst mass shooting in nearly three decades. A court sketch depicts accused Bondi shooter Naveed Akram appearing via video link from Goulburn Supermax prison, at Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney yesterday. Photo: APHe appeared in a Sydney court for about five minutes via video link from prison, according to a statement from the court and local media. A few weeks before the Bondi Beach attack, the pair returned to Sydney from a four-week trip to the southern Philippines. They also made a nighttime reconnaissance trip to Bondi Beach just days before the killings, documents showed.

Source: Taipei Times February 16, 2026 17:23 UTC