India, Dec. 14 -- A bystander who successfully tackled and disarmed an armed person during a "terror attack" at Bondi Beach in Sydney on Sunday has been celebrated as a hero for his life-saving actions. At least 12 people were killed during the horrific attack.

Video footage shared on social media depicts a man, identified by local news outlets as 43-year-old fruit shop owner Ahmed al Ahmed, in a parking lot dressed in a white shirt, rushing towards another man in a dark shirt who is armed with a rifle.

Ahmed subsequently confronts the armed person from behind, forcibly seizing the rifle from him with his hands before aiming the weapon back at the man.

The footage then depicts the man in a dark shirt retreating towards a bridge where a...