Hyderabad, TELANGANA / Sydney, AUSTRALIA :
Hyderabad/Sydney:
Mohammed Rahmat Pasha, a 37-year-old native of Hyderabad, has been widely praised for his courage and compassion after he helped injured victims during the recent shooting at Bondi Beach in Australia, even as the attacker continued firing.
Pasha, who hails from Vikarabad district in Telangana and earlier lived in Masab Tank, Hyderabad, was walking along the Bondi beachfront shortly after 7 pm when he heard what he initially thought were firecrackers. Moments later, panic erupted as people began screaming and collapsing, and it became clear that a gunman was shooting at civilians.
Speaking to *Vartha Bharati*, Pasha recalled seeing the attacker advancing and firing indiscriminately. Although his instinct was to flee, he chose to stay when he noticed an elderly woman lying injured with gunshot wounds to her legs and crying for help. “The shooter was not very far from me. I was terrified, but I could not abandon someone who was badly injured and pleading for help,” he said.
Pasha sat beside the woman, held her hand, and tried to reassure her until emergency responders arrived. Amid the chaos, he also assisted police and paramedics by helping move other injured victims onto stretchers and into ambulances. He described the scene as harrowing, with people running in all directions, and said he witnessed one victim succumb to injuries while being assisted—an experience that continues to haunt him.
A father of three, Pasha moved to Australia in 2019 to train as a chef and secure a better future for his family. Since the incident, he has not returned to work and has been struggling with sleep due to recurring memories of the attack.
Responding to communal abuse and anti-immigrant rhetoric online, Pasha rejected any attempt to link violence to religion, stating that his faith teaches that saving one innocent life is equivalent to saving all of humanity. His family in Hyderabad remains anxious, but his actions stand as a powerful reminder of humanity in the face of terror.
source: http://www.radiancenews.com / Radiance News / Home> Latest News> Report / by Radiance News Bureau / January 03rd, 2026