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The Australian hero who bravely disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen and got shot in the process has spoken out for the first time since being released from hospital.
Ahmed recognised that his actions saved countless lives, but said, “I feel sorry still for the lost”.
Footage from the moment showed Ahmed leaping out from behind some cars and tackling Akram, snatching his gun away from him and pointing it back at him.
He became wounded himself and was shot multiple times in the arm and shoulder.
Ahmed told CBS he jumped on Akram’s back and hit him as he warned him to drop his gun and stop what he was doing.
“And emotionally, I’m doing something, which is I feel something, a power in my body, my brain,” he said.
“I don’t want to see people killed in front of me, I don’t want to hear his gun, I don’t want to see people screaming and begging, asking for help, and that’s my soul asking me to do that.
“Everything in my heart, in my brain, everything, it’s worked just to manage to save the people’s life.”
Ahmed has received international praise for his actions from Prime Minister Anthony Albaese to US President Donald Trump and has been hailed as a hero.
In his hospital bed, he was awarded a cheque of $2.5 million after money was raised on GoFundMe to support his recovery, and he was visited by Albanese and NSW Premier Chris Minns.
