Ahmed al Ahmed<\/a>, who disarmed one of the two gunmen during December’s terrorist incident, has been charged with assault and stalking over allegations he put his father in a headlock on March 9.<\/p>\nBut the 44-year-old strenuously denied the claims and alleged his family members wanted a cut of the more than $2.5 million (NZ$3 million) he was given after a fundraiser for his Bondi heroism. <\/p>\n
”I got shocked and disappointed from the situation, because this situation is untrue, and it’s extortion,” he told Sydney radio 2GB on Friday morning.<\/p>\n
Al Ahmed’s claims come as his brothers, Sameh and Hozifa, have each been charged with using a carriage service to menace or harass.<\/p>\n
They both pleaded not guilty to the charges at the Bankstown Local Court on May 20. They will be back in court on July 8.<\/p>\n
Al Ahmed, a tobacconist, rose to prominence after video captured the moment he crept behind one of the Bondi gunmen and tackled and disarmed him, slowing the attack and saving lives.<\/p>\n
He was shot twice in the arm during the incident.<\/p>\n
Al Ahmed referred to his actions at Bondi as proof he did not assault his father on Friday.<\/p>\n
”I’m an honest, innocent, honourable guy, I never hurt anyone, and I’ve never been violent,” he said.<\/p>\n
”The Bondi situation … when I disarmed the terrorist and took his gun (I threw) it away, I didn’t hurt him. I am not violent.”<\/p>\n
Al Ahmed said police contacted his lawyer to inform him of the charges shortly before they were made public. He said he had not yet seen any evidence supporting the allegations.<\/p>\n
He has been awarded with Keys to the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, where he lives, and Waverley. <\/p>\n
Al Ahmed was visited in hospital by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese as he recovered from his injuries.<\/p>\n
He is due to appear in local court on July 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Bondi terror attack hero has launched an impassioned defence against claims he assaulted his father, insisting the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":462046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[85,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-462045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}