A shooting at a Jewish seaside Hanukkah celebration on Sunday left 15 people dead, including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivor who was the grandfather of 11 children. Two armed men, who police said were a father and son, were shot and killed by officers; one died instantly and the other was taken to hospital. Authorities said the men appeared to have been motivated by Islamic State-inspired anti-Semitism.
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The youngest suspect, aged 24, was in a coma as of Tuesday afternoon, according to New South Wales state police commissioner Mal Lanyon.
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Police have not officially released the names of the suspects, but Australian media widely reported that they were Sajid Akram, 50, and his son, Naveed Akram.
The charges were announced as the first funerals for victims of the shooting, Australia’s worst massacre in three decades, began on Wednesday.
A crowd gathered for the funeral of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, one of the main organizers of the event which became the scene of carnage, after two gunmen opened fire with several long-range weapons.
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Two other funerals were to take place on the same day, for other members of Bondi’s Jewish community.
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Dozens of other people were injured, with 23 still hospitalized. Two police officers who responded to the shooting were among the injured, including a 22-year-old probation officer who had only been on the job for four months and who lost vision in one eye as a result of his injuries, according to New South Wales Police.
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