Posted on 12/14/2025 6:59:55 PM PST by nickcarraway
A Sydney fruit shop owner who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at Bondi Beach is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family said.
Forty-three-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed was identified on social media as the bystander who hid behind parked cars before charging at the gunman from behind, seizing his rifle and knocking him to the ground.
Australian police on Monday (Dec 15) said a 50-year-old father and his 24-year-old son carried out the attack at a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday afternoon, killing 15 people in the country's worst mass shooting in almost 30 years. Ahmed's cousin Mustafa told 7News Australia that doctors had informed the family that Ahmed was stable following surgery.
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So if someone wants to cast Jason Statham or Dwayne Johnson as the hero in an action movie as the fruit shop owner who became a hero, the agent is ready.
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