Who Is Naveed Akram? The Pakistani-Origin Student Linked To Sydney Bondi Beach Terror Shooting | World News

Naveed Akram, 24, originally from Lahore, Pakistan, has emerged as a key figure in the investigation into the deadly shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, which authorities have classified as a terrorist attack.

Social media posts and law enforcement sources identify him as a student at the al-Murad Institute in Sydney, and photos are circulating showing him in a Pakistan cricket jersey, possibly taken from an official undergraduate photo. Reports also state that he had previously studied at universities in Australia and Pakistan.

Pakistani Naveed Akram, who killed 10 innocent people by carrying out a mass shooting at Bondi beach in Sydney, Australia, is one of the 2 terrorists. In his undergraduate photo, he is wearing a Pakistan cricket jersey. The second man also looks like a Pakistani. pic.twitter.com/AJwRJbLu3w — Global perspective (@Global__persp1) December 14, 2025