Bondi Shooter Charged With 59 Counts Including Murder, Terrorism

Mourners at the Bondi Pavilion at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Dec. 16.

Photographer: Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images

Australian authorities charged the surviving gunman in Sydney Hanukkah attack that killed 15 with 59 offenses, including murder and terrorism.

The 24 year-old, who’s been identified as Naveed Akram, remains under police guard in the hospital, New South Wales police said in a statement Wednesday. He was shot by authorities during the attack, which Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s office said was inspired by Islamic State.