Bondi Beach terror attack hero Ahmed Al Ahmed charged with domestic assault and stalking
Bondi Beach terror attack hero Ahmed Al Ahmed has been accused of assaulting his dad.
The 44-year-old has been accused of attacking his elderly father in his home in March, allegedly putting him in a headlock.
Police have taken out an Apprehended Violence Order (AVO) against Al Ahmed to protect his father.
"On Wednesday 3 June 2026 a 44-year-old man was served with a Court Attendance Notice for common assault (DV) and stalk/intimidate intend fear physical etc harm (domestic)," NSW Police said in a statement.
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Al Ahmed will appear in Bankstown Local Court on 29 July.
It comes after two of his brothers, Hozaifa and Sameh, were accused last month of threatening him over the phone of trying to extort him of $100,000.
The Syrian-Australian shop owner was given an award and over AU$2.5 million (£1.3 million) for his heroics during the Bondi Beach massacre on 14 December, which saw 15 people lose their lives.
“I will put your head under my boot, break your other arm and smash your face,” one brother is alleged to have said in a call.
In another alleged threat, Al Ahmed was told: “We will only leave if you give us $100,000 each.
“The situation is going to get worse for you.”
The brothers deny the charges.
In his first interview since the Bondi Beach attack, Al Ahmed said to CBS News that he was solely focused on stopping the gunman in his tracks.
“My target was just to take the gun from him, and to stop him from killing a human being’s life and not killing innocent people,” he said.
“I know I saved lots, but I feel sorry for the lost.”
Naveed Akram, 24, the son of the deceased gunman, was subsequently charged with 15 counts of murder and one count of committing a terrorist act.
Al Ahmed added: “I jumped in his back, hit him.
“I hold him with my right hand and start saying a word, you know, like to warn him, drop your gun, stop doing what you’re doing, and it’s come all in fast.
“And emotionally, I’m doing something, which is I feel something, a power in my body, my brain.
“I don’t want to see people killed in front of me, I don’t want to hear his gun, I don’t want to see people screaming and begging, asking for help.
“And that’s my soul asking me to do that.
“Everything in my heart, in my brain, everything, it’s worked just to manage to save the peoples’ life.”
Back in April, Akram's legal team lost a court appeal to suppress the names and addresses of his mother and siblings.
A judge ruled that it would be impractical since the order would only apply in Australia, and not to international coverage of the case or on social media.
Akram's mother said in a statement to the court that the family fear for their safety, saying: "We live in constant fear someone will harm us or set our house on fire. I fear for my life and the lives of my children."
Akram was originally charged with 59 offences, and in April was hit with 19 new charges, including 10 counts of shooting with intent to murder, multiple counts of causing wounding with intent to murder and discharging a firearm with intent to resist arrest.
He is set to return to court this month.
Anish Vij