The majority of victims from Friday’s attack in the South Island city were migrants or refugees from countries such as Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Somalia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh. The first two victims buried, father and son Khaled and Hamza Mustafa, came from war-torn Syria. Several mounds of dirt piled high marked the site of multiple graves which will be used for New Zealand’s worst mass shooting. The Australian National Imams Council has called on Imams to dedicate this Friday’s Khutbah (sermon) to the Christchurch mosque mass shooting. Families of the victims have been frustrated by the delay as under Islam bodies are usually buried within 24 hours.

Source: bd News24 March 20, 2019 09:33 UTC