Sajid Akram, involved in the Bondi Beach shooting, moved from Hyderabad to Australia in 1998 and made six visits to India primarily for family matters. , World News, Times Now

Indian police said on Tuesday that one of the two gunmen behind Australia's Bondi Beach mass shootings, Sajid Akram, was an Indian citizen who had left the country 27 years ago.

Members of the Akram family in Old Hyderabad city said they severed relations with Sajid Akram after he married a Christian woman, a decision that reportedly led to a complete breakdown of family ties.

The alleged father and son gunmen who killed at least 15 people in a mass shooting at Australia's Bondi Beach may have been inspired by the ISIS terrorist organization.

Bondi Beach shooting live updates: Survivors recounted the horrific incident, in which two gunmen killed 15 people during a Hanukkah celebration, saying that as they looked around, “It was dead people everywhere.

The alleged gunman shot dead by police during Sunday's attack on Australia's Bondi beach was originally from the southern Indian city of Hyderabad and his family did not know about his "radical mindset",