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Court sketch of Naveed Akram, 24, during a hearing in February
The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on a Jewish festival at Sydney's Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences.
Naveed Akram was already facing 59 charges after the shooting including 15 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of committing a terrorist act.
According to court records seen by the BBC, new charges were filed in April but have only now been confirmed by authorities.
The fresh charges are 10 counts of "shoot at with intent to murder", six counts of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest, and three counts of causing wounding or grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.
Akram, 24, has made a series of short court appearances but is yet to enter a plea to the charges.
His father Sajid Akram, 50 - who was also armed and shot at the crowd on Bondi Beach - was killed by police at the scene of the shooting on 14 December 2025.
The attack has led to a royal commission into antisemitism in Australia.
