Donations Cross $1.1 Million for Bondi Beach ‘Hero’ Ahmed al Ahmed Who Disarmed Shooter

The man who struggled with one of the alleged offenders to get a gun during the mass shooting in Bondi Beach, Sydney, has received donations all over Australia, and now the amount is more than $1.1 million ($744,000), as reported by Reuters.

The money has shot up because he gets back to the hospital after undergoing surgery due to gunshot wounds.

Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, is a Muslim father of two who had huddled behind parked cars and was then, charging one of the gunmen at the back.

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He was able to grab the rifle of the attacker and struck him to the ground, something that the authorities say would have stopped more people losing their lives.

On Monday, Australia police confirmed that the assault was done by a father and his 24-year-old son in a Jewish celebration on Sunday afternoon. It claimed the lives of 15 individuals in what the police commanders have termed as the worst mass shooting in the nation in almost 30 years.

Go FundMe for Ahmed

In the meantime, an online fundraising page established in support of Ahmed has collected over A$1.1 million in a matter of hours, which the Reuters report has added.

Billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman became the biggest contributor with A$99,999 and also promoting the fundraiser on his account X.

The people of the outside St George Hospital came out in support

Yomna Touni, a 43-year-old, was spending hours at the hospital providing assistance on behalf of a Muslim-based charity that is also raising funds to get Ahmed well again.

“The intention is to raise as much money as possible for his speedy recovery,” she said.

The actions of Ahmed are referred to as the best of humanity by Australian PM.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declared the actions of Ahmed to be life-saving and courageous, and such courage is a strong response to the violence of the attack.

“What we’ve seen in the last 24 hours was the worst of humanity in a terrorist act. But we also saw an example of the best of humanity in Ahmed Al Ahmed running towards danger, putting his own life at risk,” Albanese told state broadcaster ABC News.

The prime minister suggested that Ahmed had been shot twice by the second attacker. His relatives reported afterwards that he had been hurt in the hand and the arm.

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‘My son is a hero’: Ahmed's father

Ahmed is the son of Mohamed Fateh al Ahmed, an Australian citizen who has been employed as a fruit and vegetable vendor, according to the father of Ahmed, when interviewed by the ABC News.

“My son is a hero. He served in the police, he has the passion to defend people,” he said.

Remembering when his son came to the rescue, Mohamed Fateh also wrote: “When he saw people lying on the ground and the blood, quickly his conscience pushed him to attack one of the terrorists and take away his weapon.”

The report states that Ahmed has already been undergoing first surgery and possibly needs additional procedures, according to his cousin Jozay Alkanji.

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