{"id":35256,"date":"2025-12-19T12:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/12\/19\/australias-bondi-hero-handed-1-65-mln-collection\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T12:07:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T04:07:00","slug":"australias-bondi-hero-handed-1-65-mln-collection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2025\/12\/19\/australias-bondi-hero-handed-1-65-mln-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia’s ‘Bondi Hero’ handed $1.65 mln collection"},"content":{"rendered":"

A man credited with saving lives for wrestling a gun from one of \u200bthe alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach received a cheque for more than A$2.5 million ($1.65 million) on Friday, after tens of thousands of people contributed to a donation website. Ahmed al Ahmed hid behind \u2060parked cars before charging at one of the gunmen from behind, seizing his weapon and knocking \u200chim to the ground. Ahmed \u2060suffered gunshot wounds after apparently being fired on by a second perpetrator and remains in hospital after undergoing surgery. Ahmed, a Muslim father-of-two, \u200dwas presented with an oversized cheque at his St. George hospital bed by Zachery Dereniowski, a social media influencer and co-organiser of the GoFundMe page, videos posted online showed. More than 43,000 people \u2060worldwide contributed to the fundraising, including billionaire hedge fund manager Bill Ackman who gave A$99,999 and shared the fundraiser on his X account. Australia’s prime minister and the state premier have visited
Ahmed in hospital to praise his bravery. When handed the \u200ccheque, Ahmed asks, “I deserve it?” to which Dereniowski says “every penny”, the video shows. When asked what he would say to the people who donated, Ahmed said: “To stand with each other, all \u2060human beings. And forget everything bad … and keep going to save life.” “When I saved the people I (did it) from the heart because it was a nice day, everyone enjoying celebrating, with their kids, woman, man, teenager all, everyone was happy and they deserve, they \u2060deserve to enjoy,\u201d Ahmed said, raising his uninjured fist in the air. \u201cThis country (is the) best country in the world, best country in the world, but we\u2019re not going to stand and keep \u200dwatching \u2013 enough is enough. God protect Australia. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie.\u201d The tobacco store owner did not say what he planned to do with the money. Ahmed, 43, left his hometown in Syria’s northwest \u200cprovince of Idlib nearly 20 \u200byears ago to seek work \u200cin Australia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A man credited with saving lives for wrestling a gun from one of \u200bthe alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach received a cheque for more than A$2.5 million ($1.65 million) on Friday, after tens of thousands of people contributed to a donation website. 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