A Pakistani man living in Australia who shares the same name as one of the Bondi Beach gunmen says he fears for his safety, after he was misidentified in widely shared social media posts that were amplified by mainstream news outlets. Thirty-year-old Naveed Akram of New South Wales says his photograph circulated widely on platforms including X and Facebook alongside accusations that he was one of the killers, and that his requests to have the posts taken down went unanswered. Some of those false reports were then published by news outlets in India and Israel.