'I shouldn't be standing in front of you. I should be lying beside you,' Zaid said at the graves of his brother and father, according to Jamil El-Biza, who traveled from Australia for the funerals.
The scale of the attack has caused global revulsion, including alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant's use of social media to livestream the carnage in real-time.Ardern, who has vowed to tighten New Zealand's lax gun ownership laws, said Wednesday the horrific events in Christchurch showed the need for a global approach to confront the dangers posed by extremists' use of social media.
"This is not just an issue for New Zealand, the fact that social media platforms have been used to spread violence material that incites violence."
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