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Fifteen people died and forty were injured when Naveed Akram, 24, and his father Sajid Akram, 50, opened fire at the Hanukah festival at Bondi Beach on 14 December last year. Sajid Akram was shot dead by police at the scene. Naveed Akram has been charged with 78 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act allegedly inspired by Isis.
A woman who was shot during the Bondi beach terror attack has died in hospital almost 12 months after the massacre.
The 90-year-old woman had been in and out of hospital this year for treatment of injuries sustained during the attack on 14 December, a senior Jewish community source said on Friday.
The elderly woman had recently returned to hospital after developing an infection where she died after having a stroke, the source said.
Her funeral was scheduled to take place on Monday. A family spokeperson requested “privacy during this difficult time”.
Fifteen people died after Naveed Akram, 24, and his father, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, opened fire at the Hanukah festival at Bondi beach on 14 December last year. Forty people were injured.
Sajid Akram was shot dead by police at the scene. Naveed Akram has been charged with 78 offences, including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act that investigators allege may have been “inspired by Isis”. He remains before the courts.
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Naveed Akram will remain before the courts and face trial on the 78 charges including 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act.
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