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.
Bondi Beach shooting: Bystander who tackled armed man hailed as hero
Australian police on Monday (December 15, 2025) 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 (December 14) afternoon, killing 15 people in the country’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.
Mr. Ahmed’s cousin Mustafa told 7News Australia that doctors had informed the family that Mr. Ahmed was stable following surgery.
