Donations have poured in from across Australia for a man who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, with the total now crossing $1.1 million ($744,000), Reuters reported. The funds have surged as he recovers in hospital after undergoing surgery for gunshot wounds.

Australian police on Monday said a 50-year-old father and his 24-year-old son carried out the attack at a Jewish celebration on Sunday afternoon, killing 15 people in the country's worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.

Anthony Albanese has called 43-year-old fruit shop owner Ahmed al-Ahmed “an Australian hero” after his terror attack intervention.

"We’re working directly with organisers to ensure funds safely reach Syrian-born Ahmed al Ahmed and his family," says GoFundMe, which described him as "selfless, instinctive, and undeniably heroic".

Ahmed al Ahmed, a Syrian-Australian tobacco shop owner, has become a national hero in Australia, with an online fundraiser for him raising millions of dollars. He disarmed one of two gunmen who

Widely circulated footage shows a man tackling one of the alleged gunmen who attacked a Bondi Beach Hanukkah celebration. Here's what to know about him.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said two gunmen who killed 15 people at a Jewish holiday celebration were motivated by the Islamic State.

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