After Bondi Beach, Indian agencies flag Hamas-fuelled radicalisation at home

It has now been established that one of the Bondi Beach shooters was from Hyderabad.

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The older suspect, Sajid Akram (50), was shot dead by the police while his 24-year-old son, Naveed Akram, was wounded and remains in hospital.Intelligence agencies tracking Sajid's roots learnt that he hailed from the Al Hasnath Colony in Toli Chowk, Hyderabad. While Hyderabad has had many stints with terror and radicalisation, there is no indication that Sajid was radicalised in India. The radicalisation took place in Sydney, and the father-son duo acted on their own.

However, it has been confirmed that they had been radicalised by the ideology of the Islamic State in Sydney. It was a completely ideology-driven attack that claimed 16 lives, officials say. The probe has led to one Wissam Haddad, a notorious cleric associated with the Islamic State. Haddad preaches the radical ideology of the Islamic State, and despite many warnings, the Australian agencies failed to act against him.

Indian Intelligence agencies say that Haddad is not a new name. He has been a controversial figure, and despite many warnings, no action was taken against him. This is a textbook Islamic State kind of operation, whereby the focus is more on radicalisation rather than training.