Bondi Beach hero Ahmed al Ahmed, who put his life on the line by wresting a gun from an attacker in Australia’s deadly mass shooting, has become a source of pride for his hometown in Syria.

β€œHis act is a source of pride for us and for Syria,” Ahmed’s uncle Mohammed, a farmer, told AFP in the town of Al-Nayrab.

Ahmed, a fruit seller and father of two children, emigrated to Australia from Syria in 2007, 60-year-old Mohammed said.

On Sunday, 44-year-old Ahmed becam

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