Multiple reports say a Jewish community security organisation provided information to NSW Police about Naveed Akram years before the Bondi Beach attack. The outlets describe that the group was monitoring Akram and other people linked to what they characterize as an Islamic fundamentalist network. ABC Australia reports that an email and related documentation show the concerns were raised in 2019, ahead of the later attack. Stuff.co.nz adds that the leaked email indicates the security team passed intelligence identifying Akram as a close associate of members of an Islamic State-inspired network, citing that this occurred years before the Bondi attack. Other accounts state that the organisation had been monitoring Akram and additional members of an Islamic fundamentalist group. Daily Mail similarly reports that the security group identified Akram as a close associate of a street-preaching group in Sydney’s south-west.
The articles do not agree on all specifics of the contacts and affiliations, but they converge on the central point that warnings about Akram were communicated to police before the Bondi massacre.
