SYDNEY: Australians hailed on Sunday a “hero” whose daring struggle with a gunman may have saved many lives during the country’s worst mass shooting in years.
Following the shooting on Sydney’s Bondi Beach, footage emerged on social media of a man grabbing one of the gunmen as he fired on civilians.
The man then wrestles the gun out of the attacker’s hand, before pointing the weapon at the assailant who backs away.
Local outlet 7News identified him as 43-year-old Ahmed Al-Ahmed, a fruit seller, and reported he had suffered two gunshot wounds.
The outlet spoke to a man called Mustapha who said he was his cousin.
“He’s in hospital and we don’t know exactly what’s going on inside,” he said.
“We do hope he will be fine. He’s a hero 100 percent,” he said.
Online, Ahmed was feted for his bravery and lifesaving quick thinking.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also hailed him and others as “heroes.”
Authorities said the gunmen killed 11 and wounded many more in what police described as a “terrorist” attack targeting the Jewish community.
Australia hails ‘hero’ who stopped gunman in his tracks
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Australia hails ‘hero’ who stopped gunman in his tracks
- Local outlet 7News identified him as 43-year-old Ahmed Al-Ahmed, a fruit seller, and reported he had suffered two gunshot wounds
Germany plays down threat of US invading Greenland after talks
WASHINGTON: Germany’s top diplomat on Monday played down the risk of a US attack on Greenland, after President Donald Trump’s repeated threats to seize the island from NATO ally Denmark.
Asked after meeting Secretary of State Marco Rubio about a unilateral military move by Trump, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said: “I have no indication that this is being seriously considered.”
“Rather, I believe there is a common interest in addressing the security issues that arise in the Arctic region, and that we should and will do so,” he told reporters.
“NATO is only now in the process of developing more concrete plans on this, and these will then be discussed jointly with our US partners.”
Wadephul’s visit comes ahead of talks this week in Washington between Rubio and the top diplomats of Denmark and Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
Trump in recent days has vowed that the United States will take Greenland “one way or the other” and said he can do it “the nice way or the more difficult way.”
Greenland’s government on Monday repeated that it would not accept a US takeover under “any circumstance.”
Greenland and NATO also said Monday that they were working on bolstering defense of the Arctic territory, a key concern cited by Trump.
Trump has repeatedly pointed to growing Arctic activity by Russia and China as a reason why the United States needs to take over Greenland.
But he has also spoken more broadly of his desire to expand the land mass controlled by the United States.
