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Vienna
Austrian police honored a young Palestinian named Usama Judeh with the golden nishan, in gratitude for his police rescue during the Vienna attack, which killed 5 people and injured 17 others.
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Khaled Jouda, the young man’s father, was published Osama, 23, posted on his personal Facebook page a photo of his son carrying the coin.
He commented: “The Vienna Police Command awards my son Osama Nishan the Gold Police in recognition of his courage in saving the life of an Austrian officer in the terrorist attack last night. May God protect you and my son, and thank you Austria “.
According to Austrian media reports, Osama was working at a fast food chain in the Schwedenplatz area, when his manager’s company discovered that the terrorist was nearby.
It appears the terrorist hid in a locked garage and kept shooting at random passersby, so Osama and his manager rushed to hide in safety behind a concrete bench.
At that moment, two policemen were coming to help, and the terrorist shot them, wounding one of them, so Osama rushed to help the wounded, so he dragged him behind the concrete seat to try to stop the bleeding .
When more policemen arrived, the shooter escaped, while the policemen transported his colleague in an ambulance.
Source: Agencies
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