A bystander who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during a mass shooting at Bondi Beach has been identified as Ahmed al Ahmed, whose refugee parents had just arrived from Syria, according to Australian officials and media.

Australia's prime minister said the suspects in the shooting at the Hanukkah event were “motivated by Islamic State ideology.” They had traveled to the Philippines before the attack, officials said.

A gofundme page for the bystander who tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters has topped $2 million, as he remains in hospital for treatment for multiple gunshot wounds.

Pip Edwards was caught in the Dec. 14 shooting in Sydney

Newly emerged dashcam video shows two bystanders confronting one of the gunmen during the deadly shooting at Australia’s Bondi Beach. The couple, identified in Australian media as Boris and Sofia Gurman,

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — England and Australia players will wear black armbands and flags at Adelaide Oval will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday in an Ashes tribute to the victims of the Bondi beach shootings.

Three decades ago, almost 650,000 firearms − about one-third of all privately owned guns in Australia – were surrendered, loaded intro trucks and destroyed. In exchange for these firearms, part of a mandatory gun buyback program, the government paid out $200 million. Gun-related murder and suicide rates plummeted.

For many, official promises to stamp out the “evil scourge” of antisemitism and consider further tightening gun control measures come too late.