Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a eftpos machine, and ran outside screaming "Come here!" Latef Alabi, the Linwood mosque's acting imam, said the death toll would have been far higher at the Linwood mosque if it wasn't for Aziz. Aziz said as he ran outside screaming, he was hoping to distract the attacker. He said the gunman ran back to his car to get another gun, and Aziz hurled the credit card machine at him. He said the gunman ran back to the car for a second time, likely to grab yet another weapon.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 16, 2019 23:26 UTC