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The Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, marked by the bullet, was being repaired, painted and cleaned before Friday prayers, while families in mourning were burying other victims of the worst mbad shooting of New Zealand Thursday.
Premier Jacinda Ardern announced that Friday 's call to prayers for Muslims would be broadcast nationwide and that a two – minute silence would be observed.
Armed police guard mosques around New Zealand after 50 people were killed last Friday by one armed man who attacked worshipers in two mosques in Christchurch.
"We will have an increased presence tomorrow to rebadure those present during the call to Friday prayers," police said in a statement released on Thursday.
"The police have worked tirelessly, doing everything in their power to gather all the appropriate evidence on active crime scenes to allow people to return to the mosques as soon as possible."
The two attacked mosques, Al Noor and the neighboring mosque in Linwood, plan to reopen. Thousands of worshipers are expected at Al Noor Mosque, where the majority of the dead are dead.
Most of the victims were immigrants or refugees from countries such as Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Somalia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
The first funerals were held for victims of mosque attacks in New Zealand.
PM Jacinda Ardern said that 30 bodies had been approved until now. pic.twitter.com/1naoJeyIoK
– Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 20, 2019
Resumption of funerals
A lamentable cry of "Allahu Akbar" by loudspeaker indicated that the service had started on Thursday. People in mourning prayed before wearing the bodies of two of the victims over their heads and carrying them in their graves.
Hundreds of people in mourning, including non-Muslims and many schoolchildren, cried and kissed each other, saying goodbye to 14-year-old Sayyad Milne and 24-year-old Tariq Omar.
Sayyad's father, John Milne, said his son had been shot while praying at Al Noor.
Previously, Milne had described his son as "a gorgeous boy" and "my little special boy" who longed to play for the North England Football Club, Manchester United.
The mourners arrived in the cemetery in long lines on a gray day, schoolgirls struggling to keep the scarves on their head against the wind.
Many came from Cashmere High School, where Sayyad had been attending alongside her victim, Hamza Mustafa, a Syrian refugee buried on Wednesday.
Omar was a coach for junior football teams. The director of Christchurch United Academy, Colin Williamson, described him as "a handsome human being with an extraordinary heart and love for training".
Local media reported that he had been dropped off at Al Noor Mosque on the day of the murder by his mother, who had survived the attack because she was trying to find a parking space when the shooter launched his badault.
"It was one of those people everyone knew," said Bailey Jordan, 15, a Kashmir student, as he was leaving the funeral.
A mbad burial is expected to take place on Friday.
Released bodies
Police said Thursday they identified and managed to release the 50 bodies families.
Premier Jacinda Ardern also announced an immediate ban on the sale of badault rifles and semi-automatic weapons and related parts that could allow them to shoot more shots.
"It 's in the national interest and for security … to prevent a terrorist act from happening again in our country," Ardern said of the US. prohibition.
Twenty-nine people injured in the attacks remained in the hospital, eight still in intensive care.
Many had to undergo several surgeries because of complicated gunshot wounds. The shooter used AR-15 semi-automatic rifles, with large magazines and shotguns.
"We are here, it's our home and we stay."
Waleed Wahsh tells Al Jazeera about the loss of three close friends during attacks on mosques in New Zealand. pic.twitter.com/8Pnoar6qX6
– Al Jazeera English (@AJEnglish) March 18, 2019
Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a white supremacist who lived in Dunedin, on the South Island of New Zealand, was charged with murder as a result of the attack.
He was remanded in custody without a plea and is scheduled to appear in court on April 5 when police announced that he was facing new charges.
The scale of the attack provoked a worldwide repulsion, especially for Tarrant's use of social media to spread the carnage in real time.
In a disjointed "manifesto," he said he was motivated in part by his desire to stir up religious clashes between Islam and the West by targeting "invaders."
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