On a recent Sunday night, a shooting incident occurred at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Two gunmen opened fire, resulting in the deaths of fifteen individuals.
Among those killed were:
- Alex Kleytman, 87, a Holocaust survivor who had emigrated to Australia from Ukraine and was a grandfather of eleven.
- Matilda Britvan, 10.
- Reuven Morrison, 62, who had left the Soviet Union as a child.
- Tibor Weitzen, 78.
- Boris and Sofia Gurman, a couple married for nearly 35 years.
During the incident, several individuals engaged with the shooters:
- Reuven Morrison reportedly threw bricks at one of the shooters prior to his death.
- Tibor Weitzen died attempting to shield a friend from gunfire.
- Boris and Sofia Gurman confronted the shooters; Boris Gurman wrestled a gun from one of them. Both individuals died during the event.
- Ahmed al-Ahmed, a former policeman who emigrated to Australia from Syria in 2006 and operates a fruit stand at Bondi Beach, tackled one of the gunmen and disarmed him. He sustained injuries during this action.