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Although the authorities did not provide details or information about the victims, his death was confirmed by his son, Yama Nabi.
A number of Pakistani citizens were also in the mosques. Sending to CNN in Abbottabad, Dr. Khurshid Alam said that his brother, Naeem Rashid, 50, and his nephew Talha Rashid, 21, were among those killed.
He said that his colleagues had confirmed his death. "He was in New Zealand for seven years, teaching at a university, my nephew was a student," he said.
Khaled Mustafa, a Syrian refugee, was killed in Friday's attack, Syrian Solidarity New Zealand said on his Facebook page. He was at the mosque with his two sons for Friday Prayers when the shooter opened fire.
The group said that one of Khaled's two sons had undergone a six-hour operation at Christchurch Hospital on Friday night, while the other son was still missing.
The group's spokesman, Ali Akil, told the New Zealand press company "Stuff" that he had spoken to Mustafa's wife, "devastated and deeply horrified". He added that she did not want to talk to the media during this period, Stuff reported.
Lilik Abdul Hamid, from Indonesia, was killed in the attack, confirmed Saturday the Indonesian Foreign Ministry on his Twitter account.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs tweeted his "sincere condolences" and offered "prayers for the deceased and the family left behind".
The attack is the biggest mbadacre of New Zealand modern history.
Among them were nationals of India, Syria, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Turkey and Pakistan, among other countries.
Four Jordanian citizens have been killed and five others wounded continue to be treated at the hospital, the Jordanian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released on Saturday.
Mohammad Faisal, a spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, said the New Zealand authorities had announced the names of six Pakistani nationals killed. They have been identified as Sohail Shahid, Syed Jahandad Ali, Syed Areeb Ahmed, Mahbad Haroon, Naeem Rashid and his son Talha Naeem. Faisal said three other missing persons were still waiting for an identification.
This story will be updated as more information about the victims becomes available.
Jomana Karadsheh and David Williams of CNN contributed to this report.
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