Australian PM: After the Bondi Beach incident, the proposes a nationwide gun buyback
Australian PM: In response to the Bondi Beach massacre, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday that a nationwide handgun buyback program will be implemented.
“The federal government will establish a national buyback to purchase and destroy surplus, newly banned, and illegal firearms,” Albanese stated during a news conference in Canberra.
The plan would resemble a buyback that was implemented in reaction to the 1996 shooting deaths of thirty-five persons at Port Arthur in the island state of Tasmania.
The most lethal mass shooting in Australia since the 1996 assault, which led to a significant revision of the nation’s gun regulations, occurred on Sunday night when 15 people were shot dead at Bondi Beach.
Australia now has more than 4 million weapons, according to Albanese, who made the statement on Friday. This is more than there were when the Port Arthur tragedy occurred.
Under the buyback, the Australian Federal Police will be in charge of destroying the turned-in guns, while the states and territories of Australia would be in charge of collecting, processing, and payments.
According to the Xinhua news agency, Albanese said that he anticipates the collection and destruction of hundreds of thousands of guns.
According to authorities, Sajid Akram, one of the two armed men engaged in Sunday’s mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach that claimed 16 lives, was originally from Hyderabad but had little touch with his family since moving to Australia in 1998.
According to Telangana Director General of Police B. Shivdhar Reddy, Akram had no negative records with the state police when he was in India before leaving in 1998.
The DGP added in a statement that the elements that caused Sajid Akram and his son, Naveed, to become radicalized seem to have nothing to do with India or Telangana local influences.
Additionally, he said that Telangana Police are still dedicated to working with other agencies and government authorities as necessary.
The head of police advised the public and media to refrain from conjecture or attribution in the absence of confirmed evidence.
The two assailants and fifteen victims were killed in Sunday’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach in Sydney, which took place during a public Hanukkah celebration.
Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, have been identified as the assailants.
They were reportedly motivated by the ideology of ISIS. Australian authorities are doing more research in this area.
Hyderabad is the birthplace of Sajid Akram. About 27 years ago, in November 1998, he moved to Australia in pursuit of work after earning his B.Com. degree in Hyderabad.
Before relocating to Australia permanently, he later wed Venera Grosso, a lady of European descent. They had a daughter and a son, Naveed, who was one of the two assailants.