CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand—The sharp cracks of gunfire were so confusing that at first the imam continued his sermon on forgiveness and brotherhood. “For the first seconds, I thought it was fireworks or electricity shocks, except the noise was so intense,” said Asif Shaikh, a 44-year-old who had come to New Zealand from India a year earlier to study business. He had just been talking about cricket with friends in the main prayer room of the Al Noor mosque.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 18, 2019 01:20 UTC