By Nabil Al-Nashar and Miriah Davis, ABC
The parents of a fruit shop owner who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach attackers have called their son a hero, as he awaits multiple surgeries for gunshot wounds.
Incredible footage shows Ahmed Al Ahmed, 43, running up to one of the gunmen from behind before taking the weapon off him.
Photo: Supplied / ABC News
A second civilian runs towards the now-unarmed shooter and throws an object at him. As the shooter starts to walk away, the two remain crouched behind a tree.
Ahmed's parents told the ABC he was shot four to f
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