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citrinebender · 6 years ago
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Here are some of the victims of the Christchurch Mosque terror attack. Remember them.
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“Whoever kills a human being, unless as a punishment for murder, it is as if he has killed the entire mankind.” Quran 5:32 ~
Mucad Ibrahim, age 3
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Mucad's brother, Abdi Ibrahim, has said no-one had seen him since the shooting. He was at the Al Noor mosque with his family.
Abdullahi Dirie, 4
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Abdulrahman Hashi, 60, a preacher at Dar Al Hijrah Mosque in Minneapolis, told The Washington Post his 4-year-old nephew was among those killed.
He received a phone call Friday morning from his brother-in-law Adan Ibrahin Dirie, who was also in the hospital with gunshot wounds. Four of his children escaped unharmed, but the youngest, Abdullahi, was killed.
Sayyad Milne, 14
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Sayyad's father has spoken through tears of his "brave little soldier", who died at the Al Noor Mosque.
The Year 10 Cashmere High School was at the mosque with his mother and friends. He attends every Friday.
His father John Milne told NZME through tears: "I've lost my little boy, he's just turned 14. I'll get it together again.
"I haven't heard officially yet that he's actually passed but I know he has because he was seen.
Khaled Mustafa and son Hamza, 16
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He fled from ISIS and war-torn Syria, with his family, to pursue a new life in New Zealand. The Syrian refugees reportedly only arrived in New Zealand only a few months ago. Khaled died at the Al Noor Mosque while his son Hamza is missing. Another son, Zaid, 13 is in Christchurch Hospital where he underwent a six-hour operation last night
Naeem Rashid and son Talha, 21.
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After he witnessed his son Taha shot and killed, and men and women were slain around him, he lunged at the terrorist with his bare hands.
Atta Elayyan, 33
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A national futsal player is among the dead. Born in Kuwait, Elayyan, a goalkeeper, recently became a father and was a popular member of the Christchurch tech industry. He was a director and shareholder of a company called LWA Solutions. 
Husne Ara Parvin, 42
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Parvin was shot when she tried to save her wheelchair-bound husband Farid Uddin, according to a relative. She went to the women’s section after leaving her paralyzed husband in the men’s section on the wheelchair, She went out when she heard gunshots, and died trying to save her husband.
Lilik Abdul Hamid
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A Facebook appeal was issued for Hamid.
"A friend of one struggle... has passed away in New Zealand... the victim of NZ animal terrorist,' a relative wrote on Facebook.
Haji-Daoud Nabi, 71
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Nabi ran the Afghan Association and was inside the Al Noor Mosque at the time of the shooting.
The 71-year-old was a refugee from Afghanistan and is thought to have died inside.
Haroon Mahmood, 40
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Haroon left Pakistan to pursue an education at Lincoln University in Christchurch. Dr Haroon Mahmood leaves a wife and two children aged 13 and 11.
Amjad Hamid, 57
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The heart doctor moved to New Zealand from Palestine 23 years ago because he wanted a better future. He is believed to be dead.
Mohammad Atta Alayan
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He built the Christchurch Mosque. A Palestinian refugee, he raised the funds to create a community space for New Zealand’s Muslims Here he is, smiling with his son. 
Farhaj Ahsan, 30
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Ashan, 30, left the Christchurch home he shares with wife Insha Aziz, his 3-year-old daughter and 7-month-old son on Friday morning for prayer.
"I do not know where my son is," his father Mohammad Sayeeduddin told the Herald from his home in Hyderabad, India.
"I have been in contact with his wife Insha in New Zealand since it happened and we don't know anything.”
Syed Jahandad Ali, 34
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Ali's wife Amna Ali, currently in Pakistan, last spoke to her husband on Friday morning while having breakfast.
One of his colleagues told her they left work at 1pm on Friday to head to the Al Noor Mosque
Osama Adnan, 37
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Adnan is of Egyptian origin and among the missing.
His colleague tweeted an appeal and said he hoped Osama would "show up soon" and make a "full recovery".
Hussain Al-Umari, 36
Al-Umari's parents Janna Ezat and Hazim Al-Umari have said they last spoke to their son on Thursday night. They fear he is among the dead at the Al Noor mosque where he regularly attends Friday prayers.
The family immigrated to New Zealand from the United Arab Emirates in 1997.
Hazim Al-Umari told Newshub he did not attend the mosque and he advised his son not to go "because it's not safe".
Mojammel Hoq, 30
Hoq, from Bangladesh, is among the missing, a friend told the Herald.
He has been in Christchurch for over two years studying dentistry.
Mohammad Imran Kahn, 47
Kahn is thought to have died at the Linwood Mosque.
A friend said he owned two restaurants in Christchurch, including the Indian Grill.
Ali Elmadani, 66
Elmadani was born in Palestine.
His wife, Nuha Assad, has not heard from him since he went to the Al Noor mosque to pray.
Vora Ramiz, 28
Ramiz is among the missing.
Ansi Karippakulam Alibava, 25
Alibava, a 25-year-old woman originally from India, is among the missing.
Linda Armstrong, 65
A friend told the Herald that Armstrong died in the arms of a lady who was shot in the arm and survived at Linwood Mosque.
The friend said Armstrong always took people into her home and was kind.
"She was like a child about everything. She was so happy. She was always excited to do a good deed. She was happy to do it."
She sponsored a boy from Bangladesh.
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