Witnesses and police at the south end of Deans Avenue after a shooting incident at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019. “Everybody knew each other,” he said, adding that had been unable to contact friends who had worshipped at the Christchurch mosques Friday. A view of the Al Noor Mosque on Deans Avenue in Christchurch, New Zealand, taken in 2014. The group set up the first Muslim place of prayer on New Zealand’s South Island in Christchurch three years later. Research shows that the majority of Muslims in New Zealand are Sunni, with a large Shiite minority and some Ahmadi Muslims.

Source: bd News24 March 15, 2019 13:30 UTC