Macron salutes the two French people who “acted like true heroes”

Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (April 16) expressed his “tremendous pride and gratitude” towards the two French people who “acted like true heroes” during the knife attack in Sydney on Saturday.

Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday (April 16) expressed his “tremendous pride and gratitude” towards the two French people who “acted like true heroes” during the knife attack in Sydney on Saturday.

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced on Tuesday that one of them, Damien Guerrot, who, with the help of a pole, repelled the attacker who stabbed six people in a shopping center in Sydney, will receive Australian citizenship. Emmanuel Macron also offered his condolences on X (formerly Twitter) to Australians affected by this attack.

“We can't stay like this”

Accompanied by Silas Desbroux, another Frenchman, and a bystander, they equipped themselves with chairs to try to scare the attacker away. “I was afraid, but we couldn't stay like this and do nothing,” Silas Desbrow told Australian media. Channel 7 NewsHe described the man as “really determined to kill people.”

Finally, they told the police officer where the man with the knife was. Then she approached him and shot him three times in the torso. “She is the real heroine, the one who did the right thing,” Damien Giroud said.

Five women and a Pakistani security guard were killed in the attack, which was not blamed for terrorism. Police are investigating whether the attacker, a mentally ill 40-year-old man, specifically targeted women.