In what can be called his first reaction after the incident, the man who confronted one of the Bondi Beach attackers in Austrlia’s Sydney shared a heartfelt message from his hospital bed on Monday.
Identified as Ahmed Al Ahmed, he had tackled and disarmed the attacker and is now undergoing treatment at St George Hospital after being shot in the shoulder.
Dubbed the “Bondi Beach Hero” by media outlets, Ahmed is an Australian of Syrian origin. He thanked his well-wishers for their love and prayers and said “only Allah knows what he has been through”.
Watch the video here:
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“I’ve gone through a phase only Allah knows about. Upon the heads of Ahmed and Abdullah and Alaa and Bilal…may God grant you a thousand worshipers. My precious and beloved one…please pray for me, make duaa for me. May Allah grant…a long life…may God keep…alive. God bless you all. Please forgive me and pray for me so I can heal, recover, and leave the hospital,” Ahmed said in a message from the hospital.
Footage of the attack shows him clad in a white T-shirt, sneaking up on one of the gunmen. He briefly tussles with the shooter before knocking him to the ground and wresting away the weapon.
The 43-year-old man received high praise not only from people around the world, but also from US President Donald Trump.
“It’s been a very, very brave person, actually, who went and attacked frontally one of the shooters, and saved a lot of lives,” Trump said of Ahmed.
(With agency inputs)
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