Posted on 12/14/2025 11:20:45 AM PST by nickcarraway
Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old fruit shop owner, confronted one of the attackers during the Bondi Beach shooting that left 12 dead. The father of two wrested the rifle from the shooter and pointed it back at him, saving lives in the process.
The man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach attackers has been as Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43 year-old fruit shop owner.
Ahmed who can be seen in a video dressed in a white tee-shirt approached one of the shooters who was holding a rifle, tackling him, and grabbing his weapon, an act that saved many more lives.
Then, with the weapon in his possession, he points it at the attacker, who retreats toward a bridge where a second active shooter was stationed. In a gesture that combined caution and courage, Ahmed rested the rifle against a tree and raised his hands, likely to signal that he was not part of the attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saluted the Bondi beach hero during a governmental meeting in Dimona. "We saw an action of a brave man--turns out a Muslim brave man, and I salute him--that stopped one of these terrorists from killing innocent Jews."
Netanyahu said he had warned Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese that the country's policies "fuel antisemitism".
Ahmed al Ahmed owns a fruit business in Sutherland Shire, a district south of Sydney. According to his cousin Mustafa, who spoke to Australian media outside the hospital, Ahmed has no experience handling firearms. He was simply visiting Bondi Beach when the shooting occurred and decided to act.
During the struggle, Ahmed was shot twice by the second shooter stationed on the bridge. The injuries were to his arm and hand, and he had to undergo surgery that same Sunday night. “We hope he’ll be okay,” said Mustafa. “He’s a hero, one hundred percent.”
The attack took place around 6:47 p.m. local time in Archer Park, next to Bondi Beach, during a celebration of the first day of Hanukkah attended by nearly a thousand people. New South Wales Police are investigating whether a third shooter was involved. One of the attackers was shot dead, while another remains in critical condition.
The incident has sparked a wave of reactions on social media, where thousands of users have expressed admiration for someone who, in the words of one of them, chose not to be among those who flee from danger.
I heard he was not a Muslim.
If he was, he isn’t any more....
If he was, he isn’t any more....
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His rabid brothers in Islam tried to kill him at the scene and most likely will when they get their next chance.
Netanyahu added up the political points and figured, “what the hell,
throwing in the word Muslim might get us another billion US tax dollars.”
He is a Maronite Christian from Lebanon. He is well known in the area
You are an absolute low-class person.
Get off this site, you hater.
Okay, I apologize. But Benjamin Netanyahu apparently got bad information. We’ll known for selling fruits?
There will be a fatwa on this man before next month by some imam
Benjamin Netanyahu awaits his pardon from President Issac Herzog.
His corruption trial continues very slowly with events this helping to impede it, delay it.
That is what the person said so who knows, either way this man is a hero..I just heard the death toll is now at 16 including a child :(
> His rabid brothers in Islam tried to kill him at the scene and most likely will when they get their next chance. <
Recall Salman Rushdie. He was born into a Muslim family, and dared to write a book that supposedly offended Islam. Since then there have been numerous attempts on his life. The last one blinded him in one eye.
If I ran an insurance company, I wouldn’t be issuing any policies on his life.
Australia can still charge the hero with illegal firearm possession.
it is safe to say that Ahmed al Ahmed was never employed and a law enforcement officer in Uvalde, Texas.
Ditto for Liz. Liz gives herself away when she tries to tell someone to get off the forum. To take this tragedy and use it is transparent. Thanks for standing up ohioman.
“Get off this site, you hater.”
You reveal yourself Troll.
Jerk
If they do that...
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