CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Three students from Cashmere High School were at the Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayers when an attacker burst in as…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – Three students from Cashmere High School were at the Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayers when an attacker burst in as part of a rampage that left 50 dead across the New Zealand city of Christchurch. When classes resume Monday, none will be there.
Two of the students are presumed dead and the third is in the hospital with gunshot wounds.
The father of Sayyad Milne, 14, told the New Zealand Herald that his son was last seen lying on the bloody floor of the mosque bleeding from his lower body.
«Ive lost my little boy. Hes just turned 14. Ill get it together again,» he told the newspaper.
«I remember him as my baby who I nearly lost when he was born. Such a struggle hes had throughout all his life. Hes been unfairly treated but hes risen above that and hes very brave. A brave little soldier. Its so hard… to see him just gunned down by someone who didnt care about anyone or anything,» Milne said. «I know where he is. I know hes at peace.»
Current students werent the only ones caught in Fridays mass shootings, the deadliest terrorist attacks in the countrys modern history.
