US EditionTributes Paid to Couple Who Died Trying to Stop Bondi Beach Terror Attack
Boris and Sofia Gurman, aged 69 and 61, were killed trying to stop a terror attack that claimed 15 lives at a Hanukkah event, police said.
- On Sunday evening at Archer Park next to Bondi Beach, fifteen people were killed at a Hanukkah celebration, and officials say the attack is investigated as an act of terrorism.
- Among the victims were Matilda, a 10‑year‑old girl, and Alexander Kleytman, 87, Holocaust survivor, with others including Rabbi Yaakov Levitan and Tibor Weitzen, 78.
- Boris and Sofia Gurman were identified by family after verified dashcam and drone footage showed the couple struggling with a gunman and later lying motionless beside vehicles.
- Reuven Morrison, 62, businessman, was fatally shot after trying to stop the attack while Ahmed al Ahmed, 43, shop owner who disarmed a gunman, received donations totalling A$2 million and praise from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese earlier this week.
- Police say one attacker was killed at the scene while the other is recovering in hospital; Reuters-verified dashcam and drone footage show Sajid Akram, 50, killed and Naveed Akram, 24, wounded, with another unidentified couple seen tackling a gunman.
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Anthony Albanese hailed the action of a couple of sexagenaires shot dead by one of the terrorists trying to disarm him.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to the couple who tried to stop a gunman during the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach. Sofia and Boris Gurman, both in their sixties, were killed. According to the prime minister, they will go down in history as "Australian heroes."
The Gurman couple fought with Sajid Akram to disarm him. They were shot and they died hugged.
In viral images, we can see Boris Gurman, a retired mechanic, laying down on the ground and trying to tear up the weapon of Sajid Akram. His wife Sofia then rushes to help him. But the assailant manages to obtain another weapon, with which he will shoot the couple.
Several people fought back when terrorists shot and killed 15 people in Sydney. It cost the lives of married couple Sofia and Boris Gurman. Three days before Sofia Gurman's 62nd birthday.
Video shows couple trying to stop Bondi Beach gunmen moments before the attack. They became the first victims.
Newly revealed video footage shows a couple in their 60s trying to stop the gunmen right before the attack on a Hanukkah celebration at Australia's Bondi Beach.
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