More charges filed against Naveed Akram in the Bondi festival shooting

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An Australian man accused of killing 15 people in a shooting targeting a Hanukkah celebration at Sydney’s Bondi Beach faces 19 more charges.

Naveed Akram was already charged with 59 counts, including murder and committing a terrorist act, from the massacre in December that police say was inspired by the Islamic State group.

Akram was shot and wounded and his father was killed in a gunbattle with police that ended the attack.

The new charges mainly are weapons offenses.

Akram was due to appear in court Wednesday via video link for a procedural hearing.

He hasn’t entered a plea yet.

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Naveed Akram faces extra charges