One of the two men suspected of carrying out a mass shooting at Bondi Beach was originally from southern India but had “limited contact” with his family there, police sources have said.
Sajid Akram, 50, who died at the scene in Sydney on Sunday, was originally from the city of Hyderabad, a police official from the Indian state of Telangana said.
He had travelled to India just six times since moving to Australia in 1998 and his family “expressed no knowledge of his radical mindset or activities,” the official added.
Sajid and his 24-year-old son Naveed are suspected of killing 15 people and injuring dozens more at an event celebrating the Jewish festival of Hanukkah on Sunday.