Bondi terror survivor Leibel Lazaroff reveals moment he begged wounded police officer for gun

news.com.au ^ | September 26th, 2026 | Vanessa Marsh

[naturalman1975]

As the first gunshot pierced the sound of crashing waves and children’s laughter, Rabbi Leibel Lazaroff instinctively hit the ground.

Having grown up in Texas and trained to carry a firearm in his home state, he knew the noise of gunfire well. But the 21-year-old American couldn’t fathom that a shooting was unfolding here in Australia, a nation globally renowned for its strict gun laws.

It would be another five to 10 seconds before many others at the Bondi Beach Chanukah by the Sea celebration realised that the loud bangs echoing across the waterfront of the country’s most iconic beach weren’t fireworks or popping balloons.

Those seconds would prove crucial. An inquiry later heard that father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram shot 11 people, 10 fatally, in the first 29 seconds of their hateful rampage that ultimately claimed 15 lives.

As Leibel crouched listening to the gunshots and screams trying to formulate a plan to fight back, NSW police Constable Scott Dyson was retreating towards his position while firing at the gunmen.

“He was walking backwards towards me, screaming, ‘I’ve been shot, I’ve been shot’, and he fell next to me,” Lazaroff says.

The young rabbi comforted the officer as he used his shirt as a makeshift tourniquet to stem the bleeding from a bullet wound to his shoulder.

“Then I proceeded to ask him for the gun, I told him, ‘I’m from Texas, I’m trained, I know how to shoot, please give me the weapon’,” he says.

At that moment, his mentor and friend Rabbi Eli Schlanger screamed out a warning that one of the shooters was heading straight towards them.

Lazaroff helped the wounded officer back to his feet and propped him up from behind as Dyson bravely returned fire at the approaching shooter before collapsing again.

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[naturalman1975]

Paywalled and I am required to excerpt, unfortunately, because it is an interesting article on a lot of levels.

If people know how to get around paywalls...

[Brian Griffin]

“His injuries required 11 surgeries”

https://www.kbtx.com/2026/02/06/college-station-rabbi-returns-home-after-surviving-terrorist-attack/

[Brian Griffin]

“Only later did responders recognize the severity of his condition”

https://tjpnews.com/surviving-the-bondi-beach-terror-attack/

[kiryandil]

No wonder the Brits and their colonies are falling to the Musloids. The officer was shot, but wouldn't give up his gun. I would have just taken it from the dhimmi cuck.

"In a later post, Yossi said he understood why the officer refused, even as he questioned the outcome."

“I’m fully aware that if the officer gave Leibel his gun, it would be against his rules,” Yossi wrote. “A civilian killing a terrorist to save other people’s lives and his own is against your rules."

[FreedomPoster]

Insanity.

There is a time and place for rule breaking, and THIS was one of them!

[FreedomPoster]

Insanity.

There is a time and place for rule breaking, and THIS was one of them!