On the afternoon of December 16, local time, India's Telangana police superintendent's office issued a statement confirming that Syed Akram, one of the suspects in the recent Bondi Beach shooting in Australia, was originally from Hyderabad, India. Syed Akram immigrated to Australia 27 years ago and currently has limited contact with his family in the Hyderabad region, the statement said. The statement also mentioned that preliminary investigations revealed that the Akram attack had no connection with India.

On the afternoon of December 16, local time, India's Telangana police superintendent's office issued a statement confirming that Syed Akram, one of the suspects in the recent Bondi Beach shooting in Australia, was originally from Hyderabad, India. Syed Akram immigrated to Australia 27 years ago and currently has limited contact with his family in the Hyderabad region, the statement said. The statement also mentioned that preliminary investigations revealed that the Akram attack had no connection with India.