SYDNEY: England and Australia’s cricket teams on Sunday honored the emergency service personnel and members of the public who responded during last month’s mass shooting at Bondi Beach.
The on-field guard of honor ahead of the fifth Ashes Test at the Sydney Cricket Ground was met with loud applause from the sold-out crowd.
The biggest cheer came when hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed, who ran toward one of the attackers and wrestled the gun from him, walked out.
Father and son Sajid and Naveed Akram are accused of targeting a Hanukkah event at the beach on Dec. 14, not far from the ground. Fifteen people were killed and dozens were wounded in what authorities described as a terrorist attack.
Cricket Australia chief Todd Greenberg called it “a devastating tragedy.”
