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In a video, the bystander was seen running up to the attacker from behind and then grabbing the shotgun from him before pointing the weapon back at him.

A bystander hailed a hero after he tackled and disarmed one of the gunmen in the Bondi Beach shooting is a shop owner.

The man, named by a relative as 43-year-old Ahmed al Ahmed, was seen in a video running up to the attacker from behind and then grabbing the shotgun from his hands before pointing the weapon back at him.

The footage then showed the terrorist heading towards a bridge where another gunman was located, while the bystander placed the gun beside a tree.

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[–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 1 points 14 minutes ago
[–] TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world 22 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

I like how the media is hammering in the identity of the hero not because of "DEI" or "wokeness", but to counter the obvious bad faith right wing actors that would spread fake news.

[–] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 9 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

They already do, after Grok (of course) hallucinated them a new white hero, and they're using AI to edit that nonexistent guy into the photos.

[–] switcheroo@lemmy.world 39 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Bet the republikkkans won't call this man a hero. He isn't white.

[–] OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world 24 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

And he didn’t have a gun himself. Breaking their myth that the only way to stop a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

What about a good guy who takes away the bad guy's gun? That's new territory for rationalizationists.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 points 21 minutes ago

Idk why, but it totally feels like he should be the gun's new owner now.

[–] EtAl@lemmy.dbzer0.com 41 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (2 children)

Mr Ahmed, who was wearing a white T-shirt, was shot twice in the incident and was due to have surgery, his cousin, Mustafa, has revealed.

Who shot him? I'm assuming the terrorist. Or was it the cops?

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 3 points 5 hours ago

Yeah, I'm a little unclear on that, too. It seems like he disarmed the first shooter, and the second shooter must have shot the hero from the bridge. I think that's what happened. Somehow one shooter (Dad) ended up dead, and the other (Son) wounded, but I'm not sure which was which.

[–] deathbysnusnu@lemmy.world 37 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] D_C@sh.itjust.works -3 points 8 hours ago

This doesn't clear up whether it was the police who shot him or not...

[–] JaymesRS@piefed.world 104 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a fruit store.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 7 points 11 hours ago

If fruit stores are outlawed only outlaws will have fruit stores.

[–] harmbugler@piefed.social 32 points 19 hours ago

Seriously though, this brave man proves that you don't need a gun to stop a bad guy with a gun. We need fewer guns, not more.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 139 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

Apparently a bunch of right wing Internet media keeps trying to name him "Edward Crabtree" and cover up the fact that he's Muslim

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, a Muslim being the hero in stopping other Muslims from killing Jews really messes up their preferred narrative.

"What am I supposed to do with THIS?!". - Israeli Department of Propaganda

[–] x00z@lemmy.world 54 points 21 hours ago (1 children)
[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 4 hours ago

MAGAs are perfectly willing to lie to advance their agenda, they think lying and cheating are perfectly legitimate tools. If their opponents choose to not use those strategies out of sense of morality, that's on them. MAGAs feel no obligation to comply.

This will be the first election where AI and deep fakes are fully available. I've been waiting for this moment, and here it is. Which party will embrace deep fakes, and try to run campaign ads featuring their opponents saying and doing fraudulent things? I think we all know.

[–] Samskara@sh.itjust.works 11 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

How do you know he’s Muslim? Lots of Arabs are Christian, some non religious.

[–] Doorbook@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago) (1 children)

Ahmed is the Muslim prophet nickname. But he could be atheist.

Children usually dont decide what their parents name them...

[–] zd9@lemmy.world 21 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

who cares what online racist dweebs think or say about anything?

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I do because it affects our politics. Where do you think Trump came from? Born straight out of Fox News propaganda.

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 62 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

A lot of people, unfortunately

[–] 52fighters@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

On another platform, someone claimed he was maronite christian. I guess I'll have to wait until someone asks him in an interview. 🤷

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago

This seems unlikely. Ahmed comes from the same root as Muhammad. His cousin was interviewed and named Mustapha, also an epithet of Muhammad. I don't know too much about Maronite Christian naming conventions, but these two names have a pretty explicit association with Muhammad in Arabic.

[–] yesman@lemmy.world 2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

~~WAT~~

I thought you meant that the right wing was covering up the religion of the attacker, not the hero, sorry.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 32 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Dad lived a life of violence when he was young. He advised me to attack the weapon, not the man. This guy focused on the weapon, not beating ass. Good on him.

[–] breezeblock@lemmy.ca 7 points 15 hours ago

Your dad is right — but if you only go for the business end of the weapon, then a simple rotation can put you in front of the business end. You want to stay on the end towards the enemy, and keep your body towards their body.

Go for the hands, and turn your body into their body. Use that leverage to wrest the weapon. Obviously easier said than done. Somehow Ahmed did it perfectly.