Naveed Akram was charged with 59 offences, including terrorism and 15 counts of murder, after he was taken into custody following the Bondi Beach Hanukkah massacre that killed 15 people.NSW Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon said authorities waited to charge Akram until he regained sufficient cognitive ability after being shot by police; Akram, 24, remains in hospital under police guard while investigators say he and his father, Sajid Akram, traveled to Mindanao in the Philippines last month as they probe possible links to Islamic State‑linked networks.Funerals and vigils have been held for victims including
Eli Schlanger, and federal and local authorities, assisted by partners in the United States,
Canada,
Israel and the
Philippines, are assembling a complex terrorism brief ahead of a court hearing adjourned to April 8 next year.