An accused gunman in Sydney’s Bondi Beach massacre was charged with 59 offenses including 15 charges of murder on Wednesday.

The Australian authorities said the 24-year-old man, who had been shot by the police, woke from a coma on Tuesday afternoon.

Naveed Akram, the surviving suspect in Sunday's mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, has been charged with 59 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one of committing a terrorist act, according to the New South Wales local court. The other gunman, his father Sajid Akram, 50, was killed in an exchange of fire with police at the scene.

Australia's federal police commissioner has confirmed that a mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach was a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State group.

A Holocaust survivor, a 10-year-old and a Chabad rabbi were among the 15 people killed when two gunmen opened fire on a Hanukkah event at Australia's Bondi Beach on Sunday. Hundreds of people had gathered to mark the first day of the Jewish festival before the attackers struck at the event in Sydney.

The day had unfolded like summer in Australia — sun-soaked and unhurried. It was Dec. 14, and Darren Sacks spent the morning in the water at Bondi Beach, teaching his girlfriend, Dani, who was visiting from London, how to surf at the beach where he grew up.

Investigators are continuing to probe suspected links to Islamic State and a trip the father and son took to the Philippines prior to Sunday's attack. Follow live.