Dramatic video footage circulating on social media captures the moment an unarmed bystander took down a suspected gunman during a mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration in Bondi Beach on Sunday.
The attack, which killed 11 people and wounded 29 others—including a child and two police officers—was interrupted when a man rushed one of the attackers, according to footage aired by 7 News.
The video, recorded by an eyewitness, shows the civilian tackling the suspect from behind and wrestling away a firearm that appears to be a rifle or shotgun.
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“Here’s the vision of one of the gunmen being tackled, I believe by a hero, a civilian — not a police officer, not a paramedic, but a civilian,” the 7 News anchor said while narrating the clip. “Who has rushed the gunman from behind, seized his weapon, turned the weapon on him, and has had the courage to not only do that, but the presence of mind not to open fire.”
Subsequent footage shows the man placing the seized weapon on the ground and throwing an object at the disarmed suspect. At the same time, a second suspected shooter can be seen firing at the civilian from a nearby bridge.
According to the BBC, police eventually stopped the attack, leaving one gunman confirmed dead and the other in serious condition. Authorities also reported discovering improvised explosive devices (IEDs) at the scene.
The shooting has drawn renewed attention to Australia’s strict firearm regulations. The country enacted legislation mandating a buyback of semi-automatic and specific pump-action firearms following the 1996 Port Arthur massacre in Tasmania.
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