Australian Police Hid While Indian-Australian Ran Towards Shooters

Survivors of the deadly Bondi Beach attack have spoken out, accusing police on the scene of failing to act while ordinary people, including immigrants, stepped in to stop the shooters.

Vanessa Miller, a survivor of the terror attack on Jewish families celebrating Hanukkah, said police officers were “hiding” as gunmen continued their attack. Fifteen people were killed, and dozens were injured.

Speaking on The Erin Molan Show, Miller said she saw two police officers nearby but claimed they did not move to stop the attackers.

“There were two policemen. One was hiding behind a car," she said.

“I was screaming, ‘Where’s my baby?’ Everyone was telling me to be quiet because the shooters might come back.”

Miller said she tried to take a gun from one officer so she could help.

“These police officers were hiding behind a car,” she said. “I tried to grab one of their guns. The other one grabbed me and said, ‘No!’

"You are weak. You could have saved so many more lives," Miller declared to the Police.

She said it was members of the public — not police — who helped save lives.

“Everyone, the public, helped. Nobody else,” Miller said.

She added that her three-year-old child was saved by a pregnant woman who picked her up while she was crying and running alone among the victims.

One of the most powerful examples of public bravery was Aman Singh, an Indian-Australian man who was at Bondi Beach when the shooting began.

While many people ran for safety, Singh ran toward the gunfire. Witnesses say he charged at one of the shooters, tackled him to the ground, and held him down with his full body weight, even as shots were still being fired nearby.

Singh later said he could feel the attacker’s body go limp beneath him, but did not let go until the threat had ended. His actions are believed to have stopped the gunman from killing more people.

People who saw the incident said Singh did not have a weapon, body armour, or protection — only the decision to act.