Man who robbed Sydney beach with father charged with 59 crimes, including 15 murders

Australian authorities announced on Wednesday that the 24-year-old man who attacked a Sydney beach with his now deceased father last Sunday had been charged with 59 crimes, including 15 murders.

The man faces charges for the commission of … a “terrorist act” 15 counts of murder and 40 of wounding or “serious injury to a person with intent to kill”according to New South Wales Police in a statement.

Additionally, he is accused of “discharging a firearm with intent to cause serious bodily injury, placing explosives in or near a building with intent to cause damage, and causing the public display of symbols of prohibited terrorist organizations” after the attack. seizure of Islamic State flags in a vehicle registered in his name.

Agents from the anti-terrorist team of the said police went to the hospital where the attacker, who had emerged from a coma the day before, was admitted. According to the agency, this man from Bonnyrigg, a suburb of Sydney, will appear online this Wednesday.

“The police will argue in court that the man engaged in conduct that caused death, serious injuries and lives in danger to promote a religious cause and sow fear in the community,” he added in the memo.

In addition to the 15 deaths20 other people remain hospitalized after a father and son carried out a mass shooting last Sunday on Sydney’s Bondi Beach while celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.