A police officer injured in the Bondi terror attack at a Hanukkah celebration in Australia has woken from a medically induced coma, his family said.
New South Wales (NSW) police constable Scott Dyson, 25, was one of two officers wounded when investigators allege Naveed Akram and his father Sajid opened fire on a crowd of more than 1,000 people at Sydney’s Archer Park on December 14.
The attack killed 15 people and injured dozens more.
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Accused gunman Naveed Akram, 24, faces 15 murder charges and one terrorism charge, while his father, 50, was shot dead by police at the scene.
In a statement released on Tuesday, Dyson’s family said their son has been in an induced coma and undergone surgery “almost daily”.
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“Our family would like to share that Scott has been getting stronger each day, and today, he was woken up for the first time,” they said.