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Hero Frenchman who confronted Sydney attacker offered Australian citizenship

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (C) stands with New South Wales Premier Chris Minns and other officials outside the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping mall in Sydney on 14 April, 2024. © AFP - DAVID GRAY

Australia's prime minister on Tuesday said a visiting Frenchman who heroically fended off a knife-wielding Sydney mall attacker using a bollard would be welcomed as an Australian citizen.

Damien Guerot has been dubbed "bollard man" and a "hero" of Saturday's attack that killed six people and wounded a dozen more.

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