A teenage girl caught up in the Bondi Beach massacre used her body to shield two children whose mothers lay dead nearby.
The 14-year-old was caught up in gunfire while attending ‘Chanukah by the Sea’ at 6.40 pm on Sunday when Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed, 24, allegedly opened fire.
The teenager was shot during the attack, but rather than trying to save herself, she stayed at the scene and shielded the children.
The girl, who is in the hospital, has been hailed a hero in local social media groups.
One post read: ‘A 14-year-old girl who was shot and injured in the deadly attack in Sydney, Australia, shared that after she was shot and injured, she lay over two young children whose mothers were murdered in the attack, thereby saving their lives.
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