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.
Apparently a bunch of right wing Internet media keeps trying to name him “Edward Crabtree” and cover up the fact that he’s Muslim
Holy shit that’s awful.
https://bestlagos.ng/fact-check-is-edward-crabtree-the-real-bondi-hero/
who cares what online racist dweebs think or say about anything?
A lot of people, unfortunately
and who’s that?
Voters
I do because it affects our politics. Where do you think Trump came from? Born straight out of Fox News propaganda.
Most of them at the beginning of any operation are Russian/Iranian bots (both real people and LLMs) whose entire job it is to rile people up and get the MAGA-types to latch on and grow the sentiment organically. But again, who cares what they say? Just ignore or silence them as quickly and cleanly as possible.
All true! But in the end, they still affect my life, so I do have to care what’s said, even if it is a bot or a filthy Russian.
On another platform, someone claimed he was maronite christian. I guess I’ll have to wait until someone asks him in an interview. 🤷
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.
WATI thought you meant that the right wing was covering up the religion of the attacker, not the hero, sorry.
How do you know he’s Muslim? Lots of Arabs are Christian, some non religious.
The only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a fruit store.
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.
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.
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.
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?
The other terrorist.
Bet the republikkkans won’t call this man a hero. He isn’t white.
Really wish the guy had at least shot the murderer in his hands, so he not only has to live his life out in prison, but can’t jerk off comfortably.
He was able to do what he could do. Believe me when I say that there’s absolutely a wall that most people never hit when it comes to shooting a living being, human or not. Most people never hit that wall, because they never seek out the activities that would cause you to hit that wall. I couldn’t shoot my first deer. Shooting my first human was a bit easier, as I actually shot them, but still caused hesitation. I don’t know about the second human or second animal, and I hope I never find out. Unfortunately, with the way things are going, I suspect I will have to shoot more people to survive.
Nah, I’m a stern believer of forced castration for people like this. Shoot his junk off.
That’s a regressive way of thinking. Revenge doesn’t actually feel good once you are done, it feels wrong. Put them in a rehabilitative program so that they will learn why what they did was wrong, and how much harm they did to themselves and others.
I could get on board with that.
