Damien Guerot, a Frenchman who repelled with a pole this Saturday the assailant who fatally stabbed six people in a shopping center in Sydney (Australia) will be offered Australian citizenship, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday. “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,” he added. Five women and a Pakistani security guard were killed in the attack, which was not blamed on terrorism. Police are investigating whether the attacker specifically targeted women. The attacker, a 40-year-old mentally ill man, was shot dead by police officer Amy Scott, who, alone, tracked down the attacker and shot him dead. He was nicknamed “the man at the post” and described as a “hero” for intervening during this attack. ‘It says a lot about human nature, when we face difficult issues, that a person who is not a citizen of this country stood courageously at the top of that escalator and stopped this attacker from gaining a another floor and potentially commit further carnage,’ said Anthony Albaniaese.