New Delhi, Dec. 24 -- A man accused of shooting dead 15 people at Sydney's Bondi Beach in an antisemitic attack faced a lengthy delay in getting a gun license because of a bureaucratic mishap, not because he raised suspicions, a state government leader said on Tuesday.

Sajid Akram, who was killed by police during the attack, and his 24-year-old son Naveed Akram are accused of assailing hundreds of Jews celebrating Hanukkah on Dec. 14, in Australia's worst mass shooting since 1996.

Questions have been raised about how the 50-year-old father came to legally own six rifles and shotguns.

Alleged shooter waited 3 years for gun license

New South Wales Premier Chris Minns on Tuesday confirmed that the father applied for a state license to ow...