Ahmed al-Ahmed: Bondi hero returns to hospital for treatment after being shot five times during terror attack

Bondi hero Ahmed al-Ahmed has reportedly returned to hospital just days after being released.

The 43-year-old Syrian-Australian was shot five times during the December 14 terror attack and has already undergone multiple surgeries.

He was discharged from St George Hospital in Sydney’s southeast on the weekend but returned on Tuesday, according to The Australian.

Mr Ahmed received global acclaim for courageously putting is own life on the line to wrestle a firearm away from one of the two gunmen who shot at the Jewish crowd attending the Chanukah by the Sea event, killing 15 innocent people and injuring 40 others.

Footage of the incident showing him leaping from the side of a vehicle and tackling Islamic-State inspired terrorist Sajid Akram and seizing his pump-action shotgun quickly went viral on social media.

In the aftermath, though, he was shot multiple times.

It is understood that while Mr Ahmed was out of hospital he stayed at the $6000-a-night suite at Sydney’s Crown Towers with his extended family.

On Monday, the shopkeeper recounted his confrontation with Akram in his first sit down TV interview, aired by US network CBS.

“My target was just to take the gun from him, and to stop him from killing a human being’s life and not killing innocent people,” he told CBS News.

“I know I saved lots, but I feel sorry still for the lost.”

“I jumped on his back, hit him. I hold him with my right hand and start saying a word, you know, like to warn him, ‘drop your gun, stop doing what you’re doing’, and it’s come all in fast,” he continued.

Asked why he put himself in danger, Mr Ahmed said he didn’t want to see “people killed in front” of him.

“Emotionally, I’m doing something, which is I feel something, a power in my body, my brain...I don’t want to hear his gun, I don’t want to see people screaming and begging, asking for help, and that’s my soul asking me to do that.”

“Everything in my heart, in my brain, everything, it’s worked just to manage to save the people’s life.”

A spokesman for Mr Ahmed on Tuesday said he had returned to hospital for treatment to his wounds but was still upbeat about his recovery.

“He’s doing okay at the moment but he had to go back to hospital for some further treatment,” he told The Australian.

“He needed to have a check up on his condition and to have his bandages changed. He actually came out of hospital a bit earlier than doctors would have liked but he really wanted to be with his family after two weeks in hospital.”

Last week, Mr Ahmed was handed a cheque for $2.5 million for his heroism after a GoFundMe campaign received more than 44,000 donations.