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Bangladesh's national cricket team narrowly avoided attacks on mosques in New Zealand, killing at least 49 people.
During Friday prayers, the attackers entered two mosques in the city of Christchurch and opened fire on worshipers as part of what was called the worst attack in history. from New Zealand.
Members of the Bangladeshi team were on their way to pray at Masjid Al Noor Mosque before a test match against the New Zealand host team, according to the Bangladeshi newspaper The Daily Star.
However, when the players were about to enter the mosque, a woman warned them that there was gunfire inside and the team set out for the first time. shelter on the floor of their bus.
"We were very lucky because we were not inside this place," Khaled Mashud, the team leader, told reporters after the attack.
"We saw it from the outside, like watching a video, like at the movies, we saw a lot of people come out bloody," he said.
"We were on the bus for about eight to ten minutes, we had our heads on the bus, just in case there was shooting," Mashud added.
Drummer Tamim Iqbal Khan also wrote on Twitter: All the team is saved from active shooters !!! Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers. "
All the team is saved from active shooters !!! Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers #christchurchMosqueAttack
– Tamim Iqbal Khan (@ TamimOfficial28) March 15, 2019
"Allah saves[d] Today, while we were shooting in Christchurch in the mosque, we are extremely lucky … we never want it to happen again, "said Captain Mushfiqur Rahim on Twitter.
The team was scheduled to play a third test match against New Zealand on Saturday at the Hagley Oval Cricket Ground, located near the Masjid Al Noor Mosque.
The match was canceled as a result of the attacks.
Indian cricket player Virat Kohli tweeted a support message to the Bangladesh team, urging them to "stay safe".
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| Bangladesh and New Zealand have already met during a match on Feb. 16 in Christchurch [File: Mark Baker/AP Photo] |
"Darkest days"
According to New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush, four suspects were arrested in connection with the attacks.
An Australian national and a woman are among those arrested. An armed man shared a live stream of the attack on Facebook and posted content about it on Instagram.
Police have asked residents of central Christchurch to stay inside and warned worshipers not to visit mosques "nowhere in New Zealand".
The suspect of Australian origin issued a manifesto denouncing the "rotting" culture of the white, European and Western world and rallied to immigration and multiculturalism.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday's attacks would make it one of the "darkest days" in the country, add that the attack on the mosques appeared to be a well planned "terrorist attack".
"Many who would have been affected by this shootout could be migrants in New Zealand, and they could even be refugees here," said Arden.
"They chose to settle in New Zealand and it's their home … they are us … The perpetrators of this violence against us … do not have their place in New Zealand ".
SOURCE:
Al Jazeera and news agencies
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