Alleged Bondi Beach attacker is ‘speaking to a female pen pal’ in prison

The Bondi Beach massacre suspect Naveed Akram is said to be corresponding with a woman while awaiting trial behind bars.

He is the prime suspect in the terror attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah event in December,
Two gunmen opened fire at the crowds near the famous Sydney beach, killing 16 people, including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivour.

Akram, 24, is accused of several counts of murder and committing a terrorist attack along with a host of other offences.

The second suspected gunman, Akram’s dad Sajid, 50, was shot and killed at the scene by police.

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The 24-year-old has been detained in the high-security unit at the Goulburn prison 124 miles outside of Sydney.

He has received at least one letter from a female prisoner, who is locked up in a women’s jail, according to the Australian Daily Telegraph.

Prison sources are said to be joking about Akram having a ‘pen pal.’
A source suggested the tone of the letter was not romantic.

New South Wales Corrective Services does not comment on individual inmates.

Prisoners are allowed to receive and send letters, including with other inmates, although content cannot be abusive, offensive, threatening or indecent.

Akram, from Bonnyrigg in Sydney, is believed to have told his mum, Verena, he was on a fishing trip with his dad in the hours before the tragedy on December 14.

Ms Akram was reportedly not able to identify her son from a photo from the scene.

She continued: ‘He doesn’t have a firearm.

He doesn’t even go out.

He doesn’t mix around with friends.

He doesn’t drink, he doesn’t smoke, he doesn’t go to bad places.

Australia is still coming to terms with the massacre, with a national day of mourning observed in January with a sea of candles of those killed.

Among the victims was Rabbi Eli Schlander, a key organiser of the Hanukkah event, who grew up in north London.

Another victim was a granddad and Holocaust survivour Alex Kleytman, who was shot as he shielded his wife during the gunfire
He and his wife Larisa both survived the genocide unleashed by the Nazis, with Alex living in ‘dreadful conditions’ in Siberia.

The pair moved to Australia from Ukraine and were married for 57 years.

The youngest victim of the shooting was Matilda, 10, whose family described her as a girl who spread happiness everywhere she went.

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