Hundreds of mostly Muslim mourners gathered at a cemetery to lay Khalid Mustafa and his son Hamza to rest.
Mourners proceed with the coffin of a shooting victim, slain by an Australian white supremacist gunman who went on a killing spree at two mosques, at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch on March 20, 2019.
Alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant's use of social media has put the spotlight on extremists' use of such platforms, and New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called on Wednesday for a global"united front" on the issue. Jamil El-Biza, who came from the Sydney area to attend the funerals, told AFP that Zaid said at the graves of his brother and father:"I shouldn't be standing in front of you. I should be lying beside you."He was embraced by many mourners.In a sign of lingering tensions, the PA system at the funeral announced evacuation procedures from the venue in the event of an emergency, mourners said.
She had called on New Zealanders on Tuesday to deprive Tarrant of the publicity he craved by never uttering his name.
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