An asylum seeker intervened in the Bondi Beach terror attack but was shot at by police and attacked by members of the public.

New video footage from the scene shows the man climbing the stairs to the bridge where the two gunmen lay injured after being shot by police marksmen.

The member of the public is seen kicking a weapon away from the terrorists – but police continue firing at the bridge, causing the man to duck for cover.

As police close in on the injured gunmen, the refugee is then challenged by members of the public, who mistake him for a terrorist.

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    1 month ago

    Ahmed (hero #1) put the gun down almost immediately after wresting it from shooter #1, then got shot by shooter #2. Still was probably best he didn’t hold onto it as police were moving in, as hero #2 quickly found out. But let’s not miss the fact the public fought back en mass as they went after him thinking he was a shooter. That’s some good stuff.

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      1 month ago

      Not to be confused with heroes -1 and 0 who were killed wrestling the gun from shooter 1 before anyone had been shot

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          1 month ago

          Lesson learned for all the non-whites: if you see white people in danger, walk away because they’re not going to let silly things like “literally saving their lives” get in the way of assuming you’re the bad guy based on your race.