However, his former migration lawyer, Sam Issa, confirmed Al-Ahmed injuries he sustained during the heroic act are “far more serious than have been reported,” according to The Daily Mail. “He’s having multiple surgeries, he’s got five gunshot wounds. It’s a serious injury – far more serious than has been reported.
“At this stage, he says he has no feeling in his arm. I’m no medical doctor but he said to me that it seems like one of the bullets may have hit a nerve.”
Issa added: “He doesn’t regret what he did. He said he’d do it again. But the pain has started to take a toll on him.
“He’s not well at all. He’s riddled with bullets. Our hero is struggling at the moment.”
As of Monday, more than $1.2 million had already been donated for Al-Ahmed through crowdfunding.
The donation page was set on the initiative of US billionaire Bill Ackman who was reported to have donated $99,000.
The footage of 43-year-old Al-Ahmed grabbing terrorist Sajid Akram from behind and wrestling away his firearm has gone viral, and people from all over the world are praising the father of two for his quick-thinking and heroism. Had he not acted the way he did, the dead toll could be even higher.
The gunman toppled backward when Al-Ahmed grabbed the rifle, then raised it with the barrel toward the now disarmed shooter without pulling the trigger. Akram then turned and ran as Al-Ahmed leaned down, placing the rifle against a tree, when a second bystander made a run at the shooter and threw an object at him.
The duel took place in front of a second alleged gunman, Akram’s 24-year old son Naveed, who was waiting on a nearby footbridge armed. In a critical condition, Naveed was taken to hospital under police guard while his father was shot dead by police at the scene.
After confronting the gunman, Al-Ahmed was hit twice in the shoulder and arm while taking cover behind a tree. He has been hospitalized at St George Hospital.
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