One of the two Bondi Beach shooters was originally from India, police have confirmed. Sajid Akram, 50, who was killed by police during the shooting at a Hanukkah event in Sydney on Sunday, had moved to Australia in 1998 and maintained “limited contact” with his family back in the southern Indian state of Telangana.

The first funerals for the 15 people killed in Sunday’s mass shooting will be held on Wednesday, as investigations continue into the alleged gunmen

Sajid and his son, Naveed, 24, are suspected of having carried out the attack during a Hanukkah celebration on Sunday, killing 15 people and leaving dozens of others injured.

Telangana Police said Sajid Akram migrated to Australia in November 1998 after completing his B.Com degree in Hyderabad and later married Verena Grosso.

Bondi Beach shooters Sajid and Naveed Akram, who killed 15 unarmed civilians in Sydney, travelled to the Philippines to receive military-style training from Islamist outfits, according to reports. While Sajid used an Indian passport,

The two gunmen responsible for killing at 16 people, including a child, during Hannukah celebrations on the Bondi Beach in Australia's Sydney have been identified as a Pakistani father-son duo. The father was identified as 50-year-old Sajid Akram and his son was 24-year-old Naveed Akram.