No Telangana or India connect in Bondi beach terror attack, say police

As details about the identities of the father-son duo involved in the Bondi Beach attack emerge, the Telangana Police have said that Sajid Akram, originally from Hyderabad, migrated to Australia 27 years ago in November 1998. His son, Naveed Akram, and daughter were born in Australia and are Australian citizens.

- SHIKHA SALARIA

A police officer operates at the scene of a shooting incident at Bondi Beach, in Sydney on Sunday. ANI

Several reports have claimed that the two alleged gunmen travelled to the Philippines on November 1 aboard Philippine Airlines Flight PR212 from Sydney to Manila, and onward to Davao in the Mindanao region, an area from which ISIS-linked factions have previously operated.

In a statement, the Telangana Police said Sajid Akram “had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad over the past 27 years” and visited India on six occasions after migrating to Australia, primarily for family-related reasons such as property matters and visits to his elderly parents.

The police added that “it is understood that he did not travel to India even at the time of his father’s demise” and that family members have expressed no knowledge of his radical mindset or activities, nor of the circumstances that led to his radicalisation.