The Prime Minister of Australia called the Russian-speaking immigrants killed in the terrorist attack heroes

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called the couple of Russian-speaking immigrants Boris and Sofia Gurman, as well as a migrant from The Soviet Union of Reuven Morrison, who died when they tried to stop the terrorists in Sydney.

"I pay tribute to Boris and Sofia Gourmet... Boris tried to stop one of these terrorists when he got out of the car... Reuven Morrison threw bricks trying to prevent it, and was also shot by the terrorists. These are Australian heroes," Albanese said, the video was published by Sky News Australia.

Earlier, the Guardian reported that a married couple of Russian-speaking immigrants Boris and Sofia Gurman were the first to try to disarm the shooters who opened fire on people on the beach in Sydney, the couple died in a terrorist attack. The Sky News channel reported that the person who died during the terrorist attack in Sydney was a migrant from Soviet Union Reuven (Reuben) Morrison tried to protect people before his death, attracting the attention of the shooter.

Terrorists opened fire on people on Sydney's Bondi Beach on December 14. As a result of the shooting, 16 people were killed, including one of the attackers, 40 were injured. Israeli broadcaster Kan reported that the shooting occurred during the ceremony of lighting Hanukkah candles, which gathered representatives of the local Jewish community.

Boris and Sofia Gurman, who allegedly became the first victims of the terrorist attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney, were not the only ones who tried to neutralize the attackers. On Sunday, the Australian portal news.com.au with reference to a video posted by users of the social network X, he stated that a passerby disarmed a terrorist on a beach in Sydney. The video shows how the man takes the weapon from the suspect. According to the portal, the passerby turned out to be a 43-year-old fruit seller, a refugee from Syria, a Muslim named Ahmed Fait al-Ahmed. 7news TV channel clarified that al-Ahmed was injured in the incident. Albanese personally visited the wounded man in the hospital and shook his hand.

The Australian ABC television channel reported on Monday that more than 2,000 people, including politicians of the Labor and liberal parties of the country, gathered at the synagogue in Caulfield, which is a large Jewish area with a large community near Melbourne in Australia, to commemorate the victims of the terrorist attack.