Hero officer who took down Bondi shooter praised as footage reveals how massacre was brought to an end
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/19/australia/australia-shooting-hero-officer-video-intl-hnk-dst
A police officer hailed as a hero for shooting dead one of the attackers responsible for the Bondi Beach massacre has been identified by Australian media as Detective Senior Constable Cesar Barraza.
Videos from the tragedy give a clearer picture of how the antisemitic attack that killed at least 15 people unfolded and how Barraza, armed only with a handgun, moved in to take out the attackers from about 45 meters (150 feet) away – helping to end Australia’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.
Barraza is believed to have shot dead Sajid Akram, 50, according to The Sydney Morning Herald and CNN affiliates 9News and 7News. Minutes later, Akram’s son and alleged accomplice Naveed, 24, was shot and critically injured.
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People can be seen fleeing the footbridge as the two men approach, with the shooter alleged to be Naveed opening fire in multiple directions while Sajid heads into the park where an open air Hannukah celebration was taking place.
There, Sajid Akram is confronted by an unarmed bystander, father of two Ahmed Al Ahmed, who tackles him and manages to wrestle the rifle from him.
Sajid then heads back toward the bridge. As he moves away, video shows another bystander, believed to be Reuven Morrison – who was later killed in the attack – hurling objects at him.
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The officer named as Detective Senior Constable Cesar Barraza raises his gun and fires the shot that kills Sajid. The surviving shooter returns fire in the officer’s direction for over a minute until he gets taken down by another bullet. It’s unclear if the officer also fired that shot or if the bullets came from fellow officers who were engaging the final shooter.
Analysis of the footage shows the officer was about 45 meters from the gunman – a shot considered tough with a handgun, for even the most experienced marksman.
To be fair CNN also did a story about Ahmed as linked there, at least getting the facts right apart from never mentioning he is a Muslim while there are ongoing efforts to make him out to be Christian... Yeah it shouldn't matter, but apparently to enough people it does to keep up the disinformation about him being a Lebanese Christian instead of a Syrian Muslim.
https://www.abc.net.au/religion/bondi-attack-hero-ahmed-al-ahmed-arguing-about-faith/106148028
