Mosque massacre explainer: Shock and sadness over the New Zealand shootings

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Mosque massacre explainer: Shock and sadness over the New Zealand shootings
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Here is a list of stories, videos and tweets looking at the deadly attacks at two mosques in the quiet New Zealand city of Christchurch.

Bangladesh's Test cricketers were just a few minutes from being caught up in Friday's massacre in New Zealand when they arrived at a Christchurch mosque as shooting began.In a chilling account, Khaled Mashud described how most of the Bangladeshi team drove up to the Masjid al Noor in a bus just as the attack got underway.Tearful star Sonny Bill Williams said he hoped the victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre were in"paradise" in an emotional video tribute on Friday.

The devout Muslim, wearing a skull cap, wiped away tears several times in the brief footage which he filmed sitting in a car. My heart is hurting about the news coming out of Christchurch. Sending love & prayers to the effected families????

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