New Zealand: the stories behind the victims

SIDNEY.- A three-year-old boy who was lost in the crowd, a woman who tried to save her husband in a wheelchair and a family who fled the war in Syria to find peace in New Zealand. Here are some of the stories of the 49 victims of the attack on

mosques of Christchurch

, the day before yesterday, it shocked,
as reported by the New Zealand Herald.

The youngest victim

It is believed that Mucad Ibrahim, only three years old, was the youngest victim of the mbadacre. The boy had gone to Masjid Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch with his father and older brother Abdi when the family had been involved in the deadly attack. Mucad is separated from his family when the shooting started. Abdi fled to save his life and his father claimed to be dead after being shot.

The family searched in vain for the boy at the Christchurch Hospital and then posted a photo of Mucad, smiling at Abdi, accompanied by the caption: "We certainly belong to God and we will come back to him. Abdi described his little brother as someone "energetic and playful". "He liked to smile and laugh a lot," he added, adding that he only felt "hatred" for his killer.

"I lost my son"

"I lost my son, he just turned 14. I will see him again," said John Milne, Sayyad Milne's father. "I did not officially hear that he was dead, but I know it because they saw him lying on the floor of the mosque, bleeding from the lower part of his body, "he said.

According to his father, Sayyad was an excellent football player. "I remember him as my baby who had almost lost his birth, he's so badly beaten all his life that he was treated unfairly, but he overcame it and he's very brave, a brave soldier, "he said. "I know where he is, I know he's at peace." The other son of Milne had a habit of going to the mosque, but he was on a school trip. His twin sister was at school when it happened.

The family who fled the war in Syria

Khaled Mustafa's family thought they had found a safe place in New Zealand after fleeing the bloody chaos of Syria a few months ago. But Mustafa was also hated when he was shot and wounded while he was praying with his two sons, Hamza, who is currently missing, and Zaid, 13, who is recovering from a medical condition. six-hour operation for his injuries at the Christchurch Hospital. .

Ali Akil, spokesman for the New Zealand organization Solidarity with Syria, said that Mustafa's wife and daughter, who were not at the mosque on Friday, were "moved" and devastated. " He added: "They survived the atrocities and came here, a refuge where they could be killed in the most atrocious way."

He fought with the murderer, but he died

Naeem Rashid was reportedly killed at the Christchurch Hospital after being beaten to get the shooter's gun at the Al Noor Mosque. His 21-year-old son Tahla was also shot dead. Naeem was from Pakistan, where he worked in a bank before moving to Christchurch to take up a teaching job. His brother-in-law, Dr. Khursheed Alam, confirmed to ARY News that the father and son had died during the attack.

He died to save her husband

Husne Ara Parvin was shot while trying to save her wheelchair husband, Farid Uddin, according to one parent. His nephew Mahfuz Chowdhury, who lives in Bangladesh and of which he is the governor, said he had learned of his death by relatives in New Zealand, according to BDnews24 newspaper in Bangladesh.

The couple was at Al Noor Mosque, which has two sections, one for men and one for women. Parvin "went to the women's section of the mosque after leaving her husband paralyzed in the men's wheelchair section," said Chowdhury. "He left after hearing gunshots." He died instantly at the approach of the men's section. to save her husband, "he said.Farid survived the attack when other people from the mosque took him to a safe place at the start of the shootings, did he? he said, the couple has a daughter.