Ahmed al Ahmed, the person hailed as a hero for tackling one of many gunmen behind an antisemitic assault on Australia’s Bondi Seaside earlier this month, is talking out within the aftermath of the bloodbath.
In an unique interview with CBS Information that airs Monday on “CBS Mornings,” al Ahmed mentioned he “did not fear about something” apart from the lives he might probably save as he sought to disarm the shooter.
“My goal was simply to take the gun from him, and to cease him from killing a human being’s life and never killing harmless individuals,” he recalled. “I do know I saved tons, however I really feel sorry for the misplaced.”
Al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian Muslim store proprietor, has obtained worldwide reward for disarming one in every of two gunmen accused of perpetrating the Dec. 14 mass taking pictures, which was Australia’s worst since 1996. Surveillance footage confirmed him leap out from behind a parked automotive alongside the beachfront and wrestle one assailant to the bottom, efficiently disarming him earlier than al Ahmed grew to become wounded himself.
“I jumped in his again, hit him. I maintain him with my proper hand and begin saying a phrase, , wish to warn him, drop your gun, cease doing what you are doing, and it is come all in quick,” al Ahmed mentioned of his wrestle to take away the weapon from the gunman’s grasp. “And emotionally, I am doing one thing, which is I really feel one thing, an influence in my physique, my mind … I do not wish to see individuals killed in entrance of me, I do not wish to hear his gun, I do not wish to see individuals screaming and begging, asking for assist, and that is my soul asking me to do this.”
He added, “All the things in my coronary heart, in my mind, the whole lot, it is labored simply to handle to save lots of the peoples’ life.”
The taking pictures occurred at a Hanukkah celebration and deliberately focused Sydney’s Jewish group, Australian and U.S. officers have mentioned. Fifteen individuals died and one other 40 had been hospitalized with accidents.
Police recognized the attackers as 50-year-old Sajid Akram, who was killed by officers on the scene, and his 24-year-old son, Naveed Akram.
See extra of the interview Monday on “CBS Mornings,” starting at 7 a.m. ET/PT.
