{"id":19749,"date":"2025-12-15T22:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/?p=19749"},"modified":"2025-12-16T00:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T18:17:59","slug":"syrian-born-ahmed-al-ahmed-43-who-risked-his-life-to-disarm-one-of-the-bondi-attackers-and-save-multiple-lives-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/?p=19749","title":{"rendered":"Syrian-born Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, who risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi attackers and save multiple lives in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xdj266r x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Syrian-born Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, who risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi attackers and save multiple lives in Sydney, is now being hailed as a hero. There has been an outpouring of support with over $1M raised as he recovers in the hospital from gunshot wounds. Here\u2019s more on the man:<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"x14z9mp xat24cr x1lziwak x1vvkbs xtlvy1s x126k92a\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The Premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns, posted this picture with Ahmed Al Ahmed, the man who disarmed a shooter during the Bondi Beach attack yesterday.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Ahmed sustained injuries during the confrontation and is now recovering in hospital.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Minns wrote: &#8220;Ahmed is a real-life hero. Last night, his incredible bravery no doubt saved countless lives when he disarmed a terrorist at enormous personal risk.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">&#8220;It was an honour to spend time with him just now and to pass on the thanks of people across NSW.&#8221;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Syrian-born Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, who risked his life to disarm one of the Bondi attackers and save multiple lives in Sydney, is now being hailed as a hero. There has been an outpouring of support with over $1M raised as he recovers in the hospital from gunshot wounds. Here\u2019s more on the man: The Premier of New South Wales, Chris Minns, posted this picture with Ahmed Al Ahmed, the man who disarmed a shooter during the Bondi Beach attack yesterday. Ahmed sustained injuries during the confrontation and is now<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":19750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19749","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19749"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19751,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19749\/revisions\/19751"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/USBnews24.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}