{"id":303372,"date":"2025-12-18T12:00:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-misidentification-of-bondi-beach-shooting-hero-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:00:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:00:44","slug":"fact-check-misidentification-of-bondi-beach-shooting-hero-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fact-check-misidentification-of-bondi-beach-shooting-hero-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact check: Misidentification of Bondi Beach shooting hero\u00a0| DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/rYhgSrXLr4Y\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fact check: Misidentification of Bondi Beach shooting hero\u00a0| DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rYhgSrXLr4Y\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>This man in the white t-shirt wrestled down one of the gunmen during the attack at Bondi Beach in Australia. On Sunday, two gunmen opened fire on people celebrating the start of Hanukkah. Sixteen lives were lost. Police have declared it a terror attack. Since then, the man who stopped one of the shooters has been hailed as a hero. He\u2019s even received visits from high-ranking officials, including Australia\u2019s Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese.<br \/>\nBut in the hours after the attack, rumors spread online about his identity.<br \/>\nA viral post on X claimed the hero was Edward Crabtree, a 43-year-old father of two and local fruit shop owner. That\u2019s false: Local media, officials, and Australia\u2019s Home Affairs Minister confirmed his real name: Ahmed al Ahmed.<br \/>\nSo where did the fake name come from?<br \/>\nIt appears to trace back to a little-known website: thedailyaus.world.<br \/>\nIt looks like a news outlet\u2014but something\u2019s off. The site has only a handful of articles, and most tabs lead nowhere.<br \/>\nWe checked the domain using Who.is. It was created on the very day of the shooting\u2014and registered in Reykjavik, Iceland.<br \/>\nThe site is fake.<br \/>\nIts purpose? To spread the false identity of the Bondi Beach hero as Edward Crabtree. Why? Still unclear.<br \/>\nThe claim spread widely on social media and was even repeated by X\u2019s AI tool, Grok, when asked who the man was.<br \/>\nMeanwhile, Ahmed al Ahmed, the real hero\u2014who was shot during the attack\u2014is recovering in hospital. <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This man in the white t-shirt wrestled down one of the gunmen during the attack at Bondi Beach in Australia. On Sunday, two gunmen opened fire on people celebrating the start of Hanukkah. Sixteen lives were lost. Police have declared it a terror attack. 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