Damien Guerot, a Frenchman living in Sydney, grabbed a pole to prevent the armed attacker from causing further victims.
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A Frenchman who repelled the assailant who fatally stabbed six people in a Sydney shopping center on Saturday April 14, using a pole, will be offered Australian citizenship, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday.
“I tell Damien Guerot, who takes care of his visa applications, that he is welcome here and that he can stay as long as he wants”, said the leader. The Prime Minister praised the Frenchman, thanking him for his “extraordinary bravery” when he confronted Joel Cauchi, a 40-year-old mentally ill man, on an escalator to prevent him from causing more victims.
The Frenchman nicknamed “the man at the post”
“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. On social networks, Damien Guerot was nicknamed “the man with the post” and qualified as “hero” for intervening in Saturday’s stabbing at a busy Sydney shopping centre.
“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 Albanese.
