Of the father and son who opened fire at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, killing 15 people, the father turned out to be an Indian national who immigrated from India to Australia 27 years ago.
According to AP, Reuters and others on the 17th, local time, police have referred the son, Navid Akram, 24, to trial on a total of 59 charges, including murder and terrorism.
Police also said that the father, Sajid Akram, 50, is an Indian citizen from Hyderabad in Telangana state. Sajid married a woman of European descent and immigrated to Australia in 1998 in search of a job.
Police, however, said it appears that the pair's radicalization is not related to India or the Telangana region. Sajid Akram had little contact with his family in India and reportedly visited India only six times over 27 years for reasons such as real estate matters or visits by his parents.
The Australian government found two flags of the Islamic State (IS), an extremist militant group, in the pair's car and believes they committed the crime under IS influence. Before the attack, they entered the Philippines on the 1st of last month, visited Mindanao, where IS activity was active in the 2010s, and returned on the 28th of last month.
On the evening of the 14th, at a Hanukkah festival venue held at Bondi Beach, Sajid Akram, together with Navid Akram, opened fire and killed 15 people. Sajid Akram was shot dead by police. Navid Akram was injured in a shootout with police and fell into a coma, but regained consciousness the previous night.