Naveed Akram Biography – Naveed Akram Wikipedia

Naveed Akram, a bricklayer of Pakistani-Australian descent, is among the accused in the tragic Bondi Beach shootings in Sydney, Australia. He was detained at the site of the incident and is currently hospitalized, under police surveillance, in a critical yet stable condition. Sadly, his father, Sajid Akram, lost his life during the attack.

Akram, an alumnus of Cabramatta High School, pursued a career in bricklaying. Unfortunately, he found himself unemployed two months ago after the company he worked for went bankrupt. In search of new opportunities, Akram spent his free time engaging in hobbies such as fishing, scuba diving, swimming, and exercising, according to his mother, Verena.

The Sydney Morning Herald reports that Akram was tagged in a 2022 social media post indicating he had completed Quranic studies at the Al-Murad Institute in Heckenberg, located in western Sydney. This post, however, has since been deleted.

Naveed Akram Age

Born in 2001, Naveed Akram is currently 24 years old.

Naveed Akram Family

The Akram family resides in Bonnyrigg, in Sydney’s western suburbs. Naveed lived there with his parents, a younger sister aged 22, and a brother aged 20. The family purchased their three-bedroom home in 2024. Sajid Akram, Naveed’s father, owned a fruit shop, while his mother, Verena, dedicates her time to caring for her elderly mother nearby. Prior to moving to Bonnyrigg, the family lived in Cabramatta.

Naveed Akram Origin

Alleged Bondi Beach shooter Naveed Akram is of Pakistani origin.

Naveed Akram IDF

According to social media accounts on Reddit and X, Naveed Akram allegedly served in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). “Naveed Akram is an IDF soldier that served in Gaza and returned to Australia,” an account called Jvnior said in a post on X. “Today, he lost his mind and killed 12 Jews.”

The Jerusalem Post termed these claims as “conspiracy theories”. The accounts spread the theory that Israel was behind the attack in the Sydney suburb, including claims that the Mossad organized the attack as a geopolitical maneuver, victims were crisis actors, and that one of the shooters was an IDF shooter.

Dozens of accounts claimed that the Mossad orchestrated the shootings to win sympathy from the global community amid Gaza war public diplomacy problems, or in order to mobilize supporters for continued conflict with Iran.

X and Reddit users pointed to investigations into Iranian involvement, following the Islamic Republic’s hand in other incidents in Australia, as proof of an attempt to manufacture consent for a war.

“Bondi was a false flag to kick off another war,” wrote Michael Rivero, whose X account has ten thousand followers. Some commentators claimed that the experience of the attackers with firearms proved that they were actually IDF soldiers ordered to carry out the false flag. Others claimed that one of the alleged terrorists was an IDF soldier who had mental issues because of his service in Gaza.