Damien Guerot was in Sydney's Westfield Bondi Junction shopping center during the attack which left six people dead on Saturday. He helped repel the assailant Joel Cauchi, who was finally shot dead by a police officer after killing six people.
The Frenchman has since been called a “hero” and was offered Australian citizenship. “I tell Damien Guerot that he is welcome here and that he can stay as long as he wants,” said Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “He is someone we would happily welcome as an Australian citizen, although of course it would be a loss for France. We thank him for his extraordinary bravery”, said Albanese, adding that it would not be good for Australia if France lost the Frenchman as a citizen. ‘His eyes were empty,’ he remembers, “he wasn’t there.” “She is the heroine’, he assures, applauding the policewoman for her action.