Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Ahmed Al-Ahmed, who subdued a gunman during the Sydney mass shooting, at St. George Hospital in Sydney on Dec. 16 last year. [Australian Prime Minister's Office/AP]
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets Ahmed Al-Ahmed, who subdued a gunman during the Sydney mass shooting, at St. George Hospital in Sydney on Dec. 16 last year. [Australian Prime Minister's Office/AP]

The man hailed as a hero for tackling one of the gunmen during last year's Bondi Beach mass shooting in Sydney has been charged with assaulting his father.

New South Wales police announced the indictment of Ahmed Al-Ahmed, 44, on charges including assault and stalking, according to Australian Broadcasting Corp. and The Guardian on Friday local time.

Al-Ahmed is accused of choking and assaulting his father at a home in Bankstown, in southwestern Sydney, in March. He also faces charges of threatening and stalking the victim with intent to cause physical and psychological harm.

Al-Ahmed has denied all charges.

"That's not true," he said of the assault allegations, insisting the matter was simply a dispute between father and son. "I have never hurt anyone," he added. "Even during the terror attack, I did not hurt the suspect after I took his weapon."

He also said the donations raised in his name after the shooting had complicated his relationship with his family. Al-Ahmed received 2.5 million Australian dollars (about $1.6 million) through an online crowdfunding platform following the attack.

Al-Ahmed tackled Sajid Akram, 51, an India-born gunman, with his bare hands during the mass shooting at Bondi Beach on Dec. 14 last year.

Video footage that spread widely on social media showed Al-Ahmed darting out from behind a vehicle, wrestling the weapon away from the suspect and sending the gunman fleeing in the opposite direction — a moment that moved audiences across Australia. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese praised the fruit shop owner and father of two young daughters as a "civilian hero."

The attack claimed 15 lives, and Al-Ahmed sustained multiple gunshot wounds and has been receiving treatment ever since.

Meanwhile, Sajid Akram was shot and killed by police at the scene. His son and fellow gunman, Navid Akram, has been indicted on 59 charges.

Al-Ahmed is scheduled to appear before Bankstown Local Court for his first hearing on June 29.

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