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The man accused of killing fifteen people in an attack on Bondi Beach in December has been charged with 19 additional offences, expanding a previously extensive list of crimes.
Naveed Akram was already facing 59 charges, including 15 counts of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one for committing a terrorist act.
Court records show the new charges were filed in April but were only recently confirmed by authorities.
The fresh charges include 10 counts of shooting with intent to murder, six of discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest and three of causing grievous bodily harm with intent to murder.
Akram, 24, has made a series of short court appearances but has not yet entered a plea. He is due back in court in August.
Prosecutors told the court that investigators from the Joint Counter Terrorism Team are steadily working through evidence, including 230,000 CCTV images and content on devices linked to the alleged perpetrators.
Akram’s lawyer, Leonie Gittani, said the extra charges were predictable for a case of this magnitude and that there is more to come.
Akram’s father, Sajid Akram, 50, who was also armed and shot at the crowd, was killed by police at the scene on 14 December 2025.
The younger Akram was critically injured by police and later transferred from hospital to prison.
Court documents from late December alleged that the two shooters had meticulously planned the attack, visiting the location for reconnaissance two days prior.
A video taken in October shows the men sitting in front of an Islamic State flag and making statements condemning “the acts of ‘Zionists’”.
Separate footage shows the father and son conducting firearms training in a countryside location, firing shotguns and moving in a tactical manner.
In April, Akram lost a court bid to suppress the identity of his immediate family due to safety concerns.
The attack was Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost three decades and prompted sweeping gun law reforms and a crackdown on hate speech, leading to a royal commission into antisemitism in Australia.
