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  "textContent": "An image shown in court shows Naveed Akram allegedly exiting a rental apartment on the day of the mass shooting in Bondi Beach (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)\n\nThe Bondi Beach massacre suspect Naveed Akram is said to be corresponding with a woman while awaiting trial behind bars.\n\nHe is the prime suspect in the terror attack at a Bondi Beach Hanukkah event in December,\n\nTwo gunmen opened fire at the crowds near the famous Sydney beach, killing 16 people, including a 10-year-old girl and a Holocaust survivour.\n\nAkram, 24, is accused of several counts of murder and committing a terrorist attack along with a host of other offences.\n\nThe second suspected gunman, Akram’s dad Sajid, 50, was shot and killed at the scene by police.\n\nA sea of candles and flowers were left in tribute to the Bondi Beach massacre victims (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)\n\n##  Sign up for all of the latest stories\n\nStart your day informed with Metro's **News Updates** newsletter or get **Breaking News** alerts the moment it happens.\n\nThe 24-year-old has been detained in the high-security unit at the Goulburn prison 124 miles outside of Sydney.\n\nHe 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.\n\nPrison sources are said to be joking about Akram having a ‘pen pal.’\n\nA source suggested the tone of the letter was not romantic.\n\nNew South Wales Corrective Services does not comment on individual inmates.\n\nFamily members of Rabbi Eli Schlanger, who grew up in London, mourned his death in the Bondi Beach terror attack (Picture: AFP/Getty Images)\n\nPrisoners are allowed to receive and send letters, including with other inmates, although content cannot be abusive, offensive, threatening or indecent.\n\nAkram, 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.\n\nMs Akram was reportedly not able to identify her son from a photo from the scene.\n\nShe 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.\n\n‘He goes to work, he comes home, he goes to exercise, and that’s it.’\n\nAustralia 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.\n\nAmong the victims was Rabbi Eli Schlander, a key organiser of the Hanukkah event, who grew up in north London.\n\nAnother victim was a granddad and Holocaust survivour Alex Kleytman, who was shot as he shielded his wife during the gunfire\n\nHe and his wife Larisa both survived the genocide unleashed by the Nazis, with Alex living in ‘dreadful conditions’ in Siberia.\n\nThe pair moved to Australia from Ukraine and were married for 57 years.\n\nThe youngest victim of the shooting was Matilda, 10, whose family described her as a girl who spread happiness everywhere she went.\n\n******Get in touch with our news team by emailing us atwebnews@metro.co.uk.******\n\n**For more stories like this,** check our news page.\n\nComment now Comments \nAdd Metro as a Preferred Source on Google\nAdd as preferred source\n",
  "title": "Alleged Bondi Beach attacker is ‘speaking to a female pen pal’ in prison"
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