After the shootings began, Hamza called his mom. He was running with his brother when his mother heard more shooting and screaming and then nothing
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — Sixteen-year-old Hamza Mustafa and his father Khaled Mustafa, who had arrived in New Zealand only a few months ago after escaping the war in Syria, were laid to rest Wednesday, the first victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks to be buried.
After the attack was over, someone picked up the phone, the line still open, and told Salwa her son was dead.The family had been living in Jordan and had hoped to join members of the ethnic Circassian community in the United States but were thwarted by President Donald Trump’s restrictions on travel from Muslim-majority countries, according to local reports.
“Yes there will be some interest in the terrorist who did this. But if I can make one request: Don’t say his name,” Ardern said. “Don’t dwell on who he is. Dwell on your students and friends, on the Muslim community.” According to Muslim custom, the dead should be buried within 24 hours. Families have said the delay has added to their trauma.
They included a four-year-old girl who had to be transferred to a specialist children’s hospital in Auckland. “She’s critical, but I think she’s going to come out of it,” Khanafer told reporters at the hospital.
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