A Sydney resident who wrestled a gun from one of the alleged attackers during the mass shooting at Bondi Beach is recovering in hospital after undergoing surgery for bullet wounds to his arm and hand, his family said.

Axar.az informs, citing Reuters, forty-three-year-old Ahmed al-Ahmed was identified on social media as the bystander who hid behind parked cars before charging at the gunman from behind, seizing his rifle and knocking him to the ground.

Australian police on Monday said a 50-year-old father and his 24-year-old son carried out the attack at a Jewish celebration at Bondi Beach on Sunday afternoon, killing 15 people in the country’s worst mass shooting in almost 30 years.

Jozay Alkanji, cousin of Ahmed al-Ahmed, speaking while he was leaving the hospital in Sydney on Monday evening said: “He’s done the first surgery. I think he’s got two or three surgeries, that depend on the doctor, what he says.”

Tributes have poured in from leaders both abroad and at home.

US President Donald Trump called Ahmed “a very, very brave person” who saved many lives. Chris Minns, the premier of New South Wales state where Sydney is located, has hailed him “a genuine hero” and said the video was “the most unbelievable scene I’ve ever seen.”