CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didnt hide. Instead, he picked up the…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – When the gunman advanced toward the mosque, killing those in his path, Abdul Aziz didnt hide. Instead, he picked up the first thing he could find, a credit card machine, and ran outside screaming „Come here!“
Aziz, 48, is being hailed as a hero for preventing more deaths during Friday prayers at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch after leading the gunman in a cat-and-mouse chase before scaring him into speeding away in his car.
But Aziz, whose four sons and dozens of others remained in the mosque while he faced off with the gunman, said he thinks its what anyone would have done.
The gunman killed 49 people after attacking two mosques in the deadliest mass shooting in New Zealands modern history.
The gunman is believed to have killed 41 people at the Al Noor mosque before driving about 5 kilometers (3 miles) across town and attacking the Linwood mosque, where he killed seven more people. One person died later in a hospital.
White supremacist Brenton Tarrant, 28, has been charged with one count of murder in the slayings and a judge said Saturday that it was reasonable to assume more charges would follow.
