'A hero of Australia'

THE father of a fruit shop owner who tackled one of the Bondi Beach terrorists has described him as a "hero of Australia".

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Ahmed al-Ahmed, 43, is seen fighting a gunman in a video shared widely on social media shortly after the attack during a Jewish Hanukkah celebration in Sydney on Sunday.

Australian police said a 50-year-old man and his 24-year-old son, named in local media as Sajid and Naveed Akram, were behind the shooting, in which 15 people were killed, including a 10-year-old girl and a British-born rabbi.

Sajid Akram was shot by police and died at the scene but Naveed Akram, who was wounded, is expected to survive his injuries and face criminal charges.