The city's close-knit Muslim community is reeling from the killings of 50 people by an Australian white supremacist more than a week ago.
Farid Ahmad says he forgives the gunman who slaughtered his wife as he rampaged through two New Zealand mosques. AFP/DAVID MOIR
A grief-stricken mother who had travelled to New Zealand after her son was gunned down in the Christchurch mosque massacre passed away overnight, officials said Saturday. Hafiz Junaid, an imam from the city of Auckland in northern New Zealand, told AFP that the mother of one of the victims came from Jordan following the tragedy.“Last night she went to bed and she did not wake up. She passed away,” Junaid said.
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