Australian bystander disarms suspected shooter in Australia Hanukkah attack

Harrowing footage from the Hanukkah shooting successful Sydney, Australia, shows a bystander tackling and disarming 1 of the gunmen connected Sunday.

The footage shows the bystander sneak up connected the shooter arsenic helium is firing connected victims off-screen. The antheral past tackled the shooter and wrenched the weapon distant from him. He past turned the limb connected the shooter, but did not fire.

The leader has been identified by Australian media arsenic Ahmed al-Ahmad, 43. The man's cousin, Mustafa al-Ahmad, told Australia's News 7 that Ahmed was changeable erstwhile successful the limb and erstwhile successful the shoulder. The injuries came erstwhile the 2nd gunman fired connected Ahmed aft helium tackled the archetypal man.

"He's a hero. One 100 percent a hero. Once we saw connected societal media, he's 1 100 percent a hero," Mustafa told the outlet.

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Emergency workers transport a idiosyncratic connected a stretcher aft a reported shooting astatine Bondi Beach successful Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025.  (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Ahmed is presently successful country and is expected to marque a afloat recovery, according to Australian media.

Praise and gratitude poured successful for Ahmed connected societal media arsenic the footage of his takedown spread.

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the antheral arsenic "brave" successful a connection regarding the shooting. Netanyahu had initially stated that the antheral who intervened was a Jew, but that was earlier Ahmed was identified.

"We saw an enactment of a brave man--turns retired a Muslim brave man, and I salute him--that stopped 1 of these terrorists from sidesplitting guiltless Jews," Netanyahu said.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Ahmad al-Ahmed for redeeming lives successful Sunday's shooting. (JACQUELYN MARTIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Chris Minns, the premier of Australia's New South Wales state, besides hailed Ahmed arsenic a hero.

"That antheral is simply a genuine hero, and I've got nary uncertainty that determination are many, galore radical live contiguous arsenic a effect of his bravery," Minns said successful a statement.

Sunday's shooting killed astatine slightest 11 radical and hospitalized astatine slightest 28. One of the gunmen was killed and the different remains successful captious condition.

Emergency workers transport a idiosyncratic connected a stretcher aft a reported shooting astatine Bondi Beach successful Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

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Australian authorities person confirmed the onslaught targeted the Jewish community, which was celebrating the archetypal time of Hanukkah connected Bondi Beach.

Neither of the shooters person been identified.