Overview
- Ahmed al-Ahmed was filmed tackling and disarming an attacker at a Bondi-area Hanukkah gathering, an intervention credited with preventing further casualties.
- A GoFundMe organized by CarHubAustralia quickly drew hundreds of thousands of dollars, including an entry of $99,999 listed as from “William Ackmann.”
- Bill Ackman said the Pershing Square Foundation will establish a formal mechanism to recognize and support civilian heroes.
- Al-Ahmed, identified as a 43-year-old fruit-shop owner and father of two from Sutherland, was reported by family to be hospitalized after being shot during the struggle.
- Ackman publicly emphasized that the bystander is Muslim after an initial misidentification on social media, and he shared that GoFundMe assured funds would be released directly to the beneficiary.