The perpetrator woke up from the coma he had been in on Tuesday afternoon. He is being treated in hospital under police guard since he was shot by police during the attack on Sunday.
"Our investigators have been waiting for the effects of the medication to wear off and for him to have access to legal representation," said Mal Lanyon, police chief in the state of New South Wales, according to media reports.
The man is accused of acts such as "causing death, serious injury and endangering life to further a religious cause and cause fear in the community," state police said in a statement .
"Early indications suggest a terrorist attack inspired by IS, a terrorist organization listed in Australia," the police write.
Life-threatening injuries
The gunman, identified as Naveed Akram, is suspected, along with his father, of the Bondi Beach terror attack. They killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration on the famous beach early Sunday evening, local time. His father, Sajid Akram, was killed in the attack.
The condition of some of those injured in the attack has improved over the past 24 hours. 21 people are still being treated in hospital, one of whom has life-threatening injuries. One person was discharged from hospital on Wednesday morning.
Relatives at the crime scene
On Wednesday, relatives of the victim of the crime were allowed to come in and view the crime scene together with police, Australian media reports.
Australian police have confirmed that the two perpetrators traveled to the Philippines in November. According to sources to ABC News, they visited the country to receive "military training," but there is no evidence for the information, according to Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos' spokeswoman Claire Castro.
"There is no confirmed report or confirmation that individuals involved in the Bondi Beach incident received any form of training in the Philippines," she said at a press conference.
