Ahmed Al-Ahmed managed to disarm one of the alleged shooters during this weekend’s terror attack in Sydney — and has rightfully been hailed as a hero worldwide.
Now, a heartbreaking update has emerged about the Bondi Beach hero.
A simple tobacconist turned global hero. This is the story of Ahmed al-Ahmed, and it’s capturing the world’s attention right now.
The 43-year-old father of two, who courageously tackled one of the gunmen during Sunday’s horrific Hanukkah mass shooting at Bondi Beach, is currently recovering in a Sydney hospital after being shot five times.
Jaw-dropping footage circulated online shows him creeping behind parked cars along Campbell Parade before ambushing gunman Sajid Akram from behind, wrestling the rifle from his hands, and pointing it away without firing.
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Moments later, a second bystander threw an object at the disarmed shooter, but tragically, Al-Ahmed was shot by the second alleged gunman, Akram’s 24-year-old son, Naveed, positioned on a nearby footbridge.
The Syrian-born Ahmed’s life-saving actions drawn global admiration, but the pain and trauma are starting to take a heavy toll. Initial reports stated he had been shot twice, but new details have now emerged.
Al-Ahmed’s injuries are severe
Al-Ahmed’s injuries are far more serious than initially reported. He was shot in the shoulder, arm, and hand and has undergone multiple surgeries, with at least one bullet still lodged in his back.
“At this stage, he says he has no feeling in his arm,” his former migration lawyer Sam Issa told the Daily Mail.
“I’m no medical doctor, but he said to me that it seems like one of the bullets may have hit a nerve. The pain has started to take a toll on him. He’s not well at all. He’s riddled with bullets. Our hero is struggling at the moment.”
There are growing fears he could lose his arm due to nerve damage. Yet from his hospital bed, Al-Ahmed sent a message of faith and hope:
“Through Allah, I went through a very difficult phase, only Allah knows it. I ask my mother, the apple of my eye, to pray for me. Pray for me, my mother. God willing, it will be a minor injury,” he told TRT World in Arabic.
