During the deadly shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday, a bystander was filmed tackling and disarming one of the attackers.The man, identified as 43-year-old fruit-shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed, has been hailed as a hero.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listOn Tuesday, Anthony Albanese, Australia’s prime minister, said al-Ahmed’s actions were an example of “Australians coming together”.“Ahmed al-Ahmed … took the gun off that perpetrator at great risk to himself and suffered serious injury as a result of that, and is currently going through operations today in hospital,” Albanese said.This is what we know about al-Ahmed.What happened at Bondi Beach?During a gathering at a Jewish Hanukkah celebration, two men opened fire at Bondi Beach, killing 15 people and wounding at least 42.In a news conference on Monday, New South Wales Police identified the suspects as a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son. The father was shot and killed by the police during the attack.Authorities are referring to this as an anti-Semitic terrorist attack.Who is Ahmed al-Ahmed?Al-Ahmed, 43, owns a fruit shop in another area of Sydney, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed on Monday.In video footage from the scene of the shooting, al-Ahmed can be seen disarming one of the attackers. He grabs the attacker from behind, twists him around and disarms him. He then lifts the gun and points it at the attacker, who has fallen to the ground. The attacker gets up and backs away, eventually leaving the scene.Al-Ahmed is an Australian Muslim citizen of Syrian origin, and comes from the village of al-Nayrab, near Idlib in Syria, a relative of his, who identified himself as Mustafa Asad, told the Al Araby television network. Al-Ahmed is understood to have moved to Australia in 2006. Advertisement Al-Ahmed was having lunch in the area w …
