Bondi Beach Shooting: Video shows elderly couple tackling down Sajid Akram before they were gunned down
69-year-old Boris Gurman and his 61-year-old wife Sofia Gurman, were walking along Campbell Parade when one of the gunmen, Sajid Akram, started opening fire.
69-year-old Boris Gurman and his 61-year-old wife Sofia Gurman, were walking along Campbell Parade when one of the gunmen, Sajid Akram, started opening fire.
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Dashcam video from vehicles passing by showed Boris tackling Akram onto the road and disarming him.
Boris and Sofia Gurman have been identified as the heroic married couple who gave their lives rushing at one of the jihadist terrorists as he was exiting a vehicle with weapons in Bondi.
Dashcam footage shows Boris confronting one of the terrorists and briefly disarming him. It… pic.twitter.com/SpVKi47fn5
The video also showed Boris picking up the rifle, aiming it at the 50-year-old assailant. But, Akram fired back with another gun, shooting at Boris and Sofia from close range.
The Russian-origin Jewish couple who had been married for 34 years died in each other’s arms. Boris was a retired mechanic, and Sofia was an Australia Post employee.
Boris tackled Akram onto the road and briefly disarmed him. (Photo: X/@GlobalRabbi)
Proud of their bravery and selflessness: Family
“We are heartbroken by the sudden and senseless loss of our beloved Boris and Sofia Gurman,” the family said in a statement, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
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The family also said that they were proud of the couple’s bravery.
“While nothing can lessen the pain of losing Boris and Sofia, we feel an overwhelming sense of pride in their bravery and selflessness. This encapsulates who Boris and Sofia were – people who instinctively and selflessly tried to help others,” the statement added.
Meanwhile, the police have said that the mass shooting in which 15 people were killed was “a terrorist attack inspired by the Islamic State.” Authorities had earlier recovered Islamic State flags in the vehicle used by the father-son duo.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese also confirmed an Islamic State link to the mass shooting on Sunday and said the remarks were based on evidence obtained, including “the presence of Islamic State flags in the vehicle that has been seized.”
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Bondi Beach Shooting Victims: A growing number of people gather around a flower memorial at the Bondi Pavilion at Sydney’s Bondi Beach, a day after a shooting. (AP Photo)
There are 25 people still being treated in hospitals after Sunday’s massacre, 10 of them in critical condition. Three of them are patients in a children’s hospital. Also among them is Ahmed al Ahmed, who was captured on video tackling and disarming one assailant, before pointing the man’s weapon at him and then setting it on the ground.
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The Russian-origin Jewish couple who had been married for 34 years died in each other’s arms. 
