Bondi Beach and the heroism of Ahmed al Ahmed |
As the appalling story of Sunday’s anti-Jewish mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach continue to unfold, and 16 people are now dead, there have been few glimmers of light in the darkness.
Ahmed’s cousin, Mustafa, said Ahmed saw an opportunity to tackle the shooter
The men identified as the shooters are a father and son, Sajid Akram, 50, and Naveed Akram, 24. The father was shot and killed by police last night, and the son was overpowered and taken into custody. The New South Wales police commissioner says little is yet known about the pair, but Sajid Akram was a licensed gun owner, with six guns in his possession. Old social media posts have also emerged of Naveed Akram being praised for his Islamic studies in 2022.
How these two men became radicalised to commit this atrocity, and how ingrained was their Jew hatred that they came to perpetrate their evil two-man jihad against men, women and children peacefully and joyfully celebrating Hanukkah, will become clear in the coming hours and days. They have, however, destroyed any lingering illusion since Hamas’s 7 October pogrom that Australia is the multicultural haven of peace and tolerance Australians are continually told we are.
But in the sadness, grief and gloom there is one shining example of courage and bravery of a man who risked........