A Sydney man said he had received death threats and was “terrified” to leave his home on Monday after his photo was widely shared online as the gunman responsible for the Bondi Beach shooting.
A father and son duo opened fire on a Jewish festival at Australia’s best-known beach on Sunday evening, killing 15 people, including a child, and wounding 42 more.
Authorities have condemned the attack as an act of terrorism, although they have not named the two shooters. Police said one, aged 50, was killed at the scene, taking the number of dead to 16, while the other man, aged 24, was in hospital in a critical condition.
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Local media named the two suspected gunmen as father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram.
Australian public broadcaster ABC said the alleged assailant was Naveed Akram from the western Sydney suburb of Bonnyrigg, quoting an anonymous official, and other local media reported that police had raided his home.
Photos of a beaming man in a green Pakistan cricket jersey pinged across social media.