How good is Ahmed al-Ahmed? The whole of Australia has embraced this guy, the Syrian immigrant who saw the gunman and took action. This guy is a genuine hero here, he was shot for his efforts, the statement he made was ordinary people will stand up for what is right.

So what we know about Ahmed is he was originally from Al Nayrab in North West Syria, he packed up his family and moved to Australia in the mid 2000s before finding work. What we know about Ahmed is, he has a strong sense of duty, he is willing to take action, his father understandably hailed him as a hero and said “he saw the victims and took action.” Ahmed was in Bondi meeting friends for coffee when the attack unfolded in front of him, so he leapt into action and disarmed the gunman.

Ahmed used parked vehicles to hide behind to move closer to one of the shooters and then pounced. Ahmed grabbed the shooter, wrestled him before disarming him, he had the chance to shoot him, but he did not. I find that understandable, he wanted to stop this murderer and he did exactly that. For his efforts, he was shot in the arm where he was taken to hospital and rushed in for emergency surgery. He is also very humble, taking it all in his stride, yet he requires multiple surgeries after multiple gunshot wounds and is concerned he may lose his arm. What we saw was the worst of humans, we also saw the best of humanity.