Wasseim Alsati and his daughter, aged just 4, suffered multiple gunshot wounds in Friday's massacre in which a lone gunman opened fire on Muslim worshippers at two mosques in the city. Alsati, also known as Wasseim Sati, posted a video to Facebook from his hospital bed asking friends and family to "please pray for me and my daughter". Alsati and his daughter were at the Al Noor Mosque on Deans Ave when they were shot just after 1.40pm on Friday. Phillips said she had spoken with Daraghmeh, who was at Starship children's hospital in Auckland with the couple's injured daughter Alin, who was then in surgery. The post says to wish Wasseim and his daughter to recover from their injuries."

Source: Otago Daily Times March 16, 2019 06:11 UTC