Overview
- Al‑Ahmed arrived in Los Angeles with FBI assistance, visited the Lubavitcher Rebbe’s Ohel in Queens with Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, and is due to attend a Colel Chabad gala in New York.
- In a CNN interview, he said he acted to save lives and is now receiving specialist care for multiple gunshot wounds sustained while disarming a gunman.
- Israeli bystander Gefen Bitton, who ran to help and was critically wounded, has been granted permanent residency in Australia and remains in intensive care after several surgeries.
- Authorities report the December 14 attack killed 15 people and wounded 39 at a Chabad Hanukkah event near Bondi Beach.
- Surviving suspect Naveed Akram faces 59 charges including 15 counts of murder and has been transferred to Goulburn Supermax, while his father Sajid was shot dead by police at the scene.