Bystander who disarmed Bondi Beach gunman hailed as hero
A bystander identified as Ahmed el Ahmed is being hailed as a hero after video captured him disarming a gunman during a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Sydney’s Bondi Beach.
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