'A hero of Australia'
Coventry Telegraph
|December 16, 2025
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.
This story is from the December 16, 2025 edition of Coventry Telegraph.
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