Volunteers are offering support for the families of the Christchurch mosque shooting victims, security around the area and ghusl – the Islamic practice of washing the dead. But whatever the whole thing meant, Aya Al-Umari likes to believe it was her brother's way of saying goodbye. It was Thursday, the evening before a white supremacist stormed into the mosque where Hussein Al-Umari was praying, killing the 35-year-old in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting in modern history. AYA AL-UMARI/AP Hussein Al-Umari and his sister, Aya Al-Umari, in early 2018. READ MORE:* Christchurch shooting victims: Youngest known victim of terrorist attack mourned* Motel owners saw shooter target 69-year-old man near Christchurch mosque* Family's frantic search for missing man ends with devastating newsWas he serious, or just making fun of her?

Source: Stuff March 18, 2019 17:03 UTC