DRAMATIC footage has emerged showing a new angle of the Bondi Beach hero bystander tackling the ISIS-linked terrorist before being shot five times.
Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, bravely wrestled the rifle out of the hands of one of the twisted gunmen who killed 15 people in the ghastly terror attack.
Ahmed can be seen bravely sneaking up behind the gunman as he attempts to tackle him.
The terrorist, 50-year-old Sajid Akram, can be seen picking off victims before Ahmed swiftly disarms and knocks him to the ground.
As Akram scrambles backwards, the shopkeeper briefly turns the gun towards him but doesn’t pull the trigger.
Akram then stumbles off as Ahmed calmly places the weapon against a tree.
The hero was then wounded after coming under fire from the other gunman, 24-year-old Naveed Akram, on a nearby bridge and suffered wounds to his hand and shoulder.
Ahmed, a Syrian Muslim migrant who was made an Australian citizen in 2022, could lose his arm after being shot five times in the horror, it was revealed yesterday.
He is said to be in agony following surgery to remove bullets that were sprayed up his left shoulder during the extraordinary feat of bravery.
A GoFundMe page set up in honour of Ahmed’s superhuman actions has already surpassed $1million in donations, with US billionaire Bill Ackman forking out $100k to thank the fruit shop owner.
At least 15 people including a 10-year-old girl are now confirmed dead in the brazen attack.
Cops confirmed at least another 40 people – including more children – were injured in the attack carried out by a father and son duo targeting people celebrating a Hanukkah event.
Akram was shot by police and died on the scene, while his son Naveed suffered “critical injuries” but is stable, the New South Wales police said in a statement.
Two improvised explosive devices were also found at the scene that were “active”, New South Wales police commissioner Mal Lanyon told a press conference.
It has since emerged that both the father and son allegedly spent a month in the Philippines, which is said to be an ISIS training hotspot.
A major probe has now been launched into the pair’s activity while visiting the Southeast Asian nation, which is infamous for hosting ISIS training camps.
Police sources told The Daily Telegraph: “There’s areas down there that are very dangerous… [with] training camps and the like.
“It has become a well trodden path for Islamic State through South East Asia and into the Philippines ever since 2019.”
Early intelligence suggests the Akrams allegedly “self-radicalised”, but investigators are probing whether overseas contacts may have recently hardened their views.
The Philippines ranked last year as the world’s 20th most dangerous country on the Global Terrorism Index, recording 22 terror attacks in 2024.
Australia, meanwhile, was listed among nations experiencing a “sharp increase in antisemitic violence and hate crimes.”
The Akrams returned to Australia just weeks before they allegedly opened fire on a Jewish gathering of about 1,000 people. Police then arrived, shooting Sajid dead and critically wounding Naveed.
Authorities raided the homes of known associates on Monday afternoon under Operation Arques.
Sources said Naveed had previously been assessed as a “low-level” counter terrorism risk after appearing on the “periphery” of an investigation in October 2019.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed Naveed had come to ASIO’s attention at the time, but only because of his associations.
He said: “The son was examined on the basis of being associated with others and the assessment was made that there was no indication of any ongoing threat or him engaging in violence.”
Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said Sajid arrived in Australia in 1998 on a student visa and switched to a partner visa in 2001, while Naveed was Australian born.
Police allegedly found an Islamic State-linked flag inside a small silver Hyundai used to drive to Bondi Beach.
Investigators are also examining the pair’s movements closer to home, including a sharehouse they recently rented in Campsie.
Police believe the $90 (£67) a night property was used as a base for the attack.
That address, along with the family home in Bonnyrigg, was stormed by heavily armed tactical police late Sunday night and into Monday morning.
Sajid was a licensed gun owner who held six firearms, all now seized from the Bondi crime scene and the Campsie property.
He obtained his licence in 2015 and renewed it in 2020.
Faces of the innocent
The youngest confirmed victim has been identified as 10-year-old Matilda.
Another victim of the tragedy has been identified as Alex Kleytman, a Holocaust survivor who was killed while protecting his wife from bullets.
He was a beloved grandfather and member of the Jewish community in Sydney.
British-born Rabbi Eli Schlangerabbi, Rabbi Yaakov Levitan, Reuven Morrison and French citizen Dan Elkayam were also among the dead.
Other victims of the tragedy are yet to be formally identified, but police believe their ages range between 10 and 87.
Five people remain in critical condition, with the others remaining in serious and stable conditions, authorities revealed.
The Bondi Beach massacre was Australia‘s worst mass shooting in 30 years.