SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA — A heroic man who bravely wrestled away a rifle from an Islamic terrorist during the deadly shooting at Bondi Beach on Sunday has been formally charged with the unlawful possession of a firearm.
"Rest assured, this man is going away to a long, long time," confirmed Police Commissioner Mal Lanyon. "No one breaks our gun laws and gets away with it. No one. We have him on video, dead to rights."
Authorities identified the man who illegally held a gun for three minutes as Ahmed Al Ahmed, a Syrian fruit shop owner who thought he was helping when he fought a terrorist and stole his gun away to protect the lives of innocent people. But what he didn't count on was for the entire ordeal to be caught on video.
Ahmed was reportedly shot multiple times during his altercation with the armed gunman and treated for his injuries at a nearby hospital. After waking up from surgery, he discovered he was handcuffed to his hospital bed. Shortly after, a police officer read him his rights.
"I see now that what I did was bad," Ahmed said. "I should never put lives in danger by touching a gun. Shame on me!"
More than a year ago, in West Orange, New Jersey, a group of pro‑Hamas protesters gathered in front of a synagogue that had nothing to do with foreign politics. During that protest, one of the radicals violently attacked an elderly Jewish man who was trying simply to attend services. Dr. Moshe Glick, intervened to protect the victim and ended up injuring the attacker.
It was Dr. Glick, the defender, who was arrested; he was charged with aggravated assault and “ the persecuted became prosecuted”.
We are beginning to see a pattern forming.
At publishing time, Ahmed had been denied bail.
