US EditionAustralian PM visits Bondi Beach hero in hospital
Ahmed al-Ahmed, shot multiple times while disarming a gunman at a Hanukkah event, has raised over A$1.1 million in donations, with leaders praising his bravery and calling for gun law reforms.
- Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Ahmed Al Ahmed at St George Hospital following his heroics during a Bondi Beach incident.
- Ahmed Al Ahmed, who disarmed an attacker, was shot four to five times in his shoulder and required multiple surgeries.
- A fundraiser for Ahmed Al Ahmed exceeded $1.8 million, reflecting public support for his bravery.
- NSW Health Minister Ryan Park reported Ahmed's condition as challenging despite receiving top medical care.
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By Laura Sharman and Jessie Yeung, CNN - The bystander who disarmed one of the suspected gunmen during the mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al-Ahmed, whose refugee parents had recently arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media. Ahmed, 43, and a father of two girls, risked his life by confronting a suspected shooter and taking his weapon during Sunday's attack, prompting an outpouring of public donat…
Australia's leading politicians have acknowledged the use of a civilian who has disarmed one of the attackers of Sydney's anti-Semitic Hanukkah assassination.
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'Globalize the intifada' reaches Bondi Beach
There is comfort to be taken in the fact that Sunday's terrorist attack at a Hanukkah event at Sydney's Bondi Beach, which left at least 16 people dead and many more injured, also produced a hero. Ahmed al-Ahmed, described in…
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