Civilian who disarmed the Australian shooter received a donation of one million dollars
The Syrian citizen who confronted one of the shooters is considered a hero and was rewarded with a sum of money that was raised
Ahmed al Ahmed, the Syrian-born Australian citizen who disarmed one of the perpetrators of the Sydney attack against the Jewish community last Sunday, received a donation of 2.5 million Australian dollars ($1.65 million US dollars) on Friday while recovering from gunshot wounds in a hospital in southern Australia. city.
“Do I deserve it?” he asked, lying on his stretcher, when they handed him the check, which came from voluntary donations from some 44,000 people through the well-known crowdfunding platform GoFundMe.
To which the influencer Zachery Dereniowski, who promotes charitable acts on social media, replied: “Every penny.” This is shown in a video shared by him, in which he presented the check.
A couple also tried to confront the attackers
“In a moment of chaos and danger, Ahmed al Ahmed stepped forward without hesitation. His actions were selfless, instinctive, and undeniably heroic, with no regard for his own safety. Initial reports indicate that he was shot twice while protecting others,” said the organizers of the fundraiser.
A Jewish couple, Boris and Sofia Gurman, also tried to stop the attack, which Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese linked to the ideology of the Islamic State (ISIS), but both died in the attempt.
Albanese highlighted the heroism of the three this week and visited Ahmed al Ahmed in the hospital, calling him “a true Australian hero.”
Shooting at Jewish celebration
On December 14, at Bondi Beach in Sydney, they were celebrating An event to mark the start of Hanukkah (a Jewish holiday) was attended by approximately 1,000 people. The attackers were identified as Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24. Sajid died shortly after the shooting, while Naveed is in police custody and seriously injured. The shooting left 15 dead and 40 wounded.
Australian authorities are investigating the case as a terrorist attack. It is the most serious mass attack in the country in decades. New South Wales Premier Chris Minns stated that the attack was planned “to target Sydney's Jewish community.”