Christchurch shooting: Victims start to be identified and missing are named

A victim of yesterday’s mosque shooting has posted an emotional video pleading for people to pray for him and his daughter, as the names of more people caught up in the massacre get released.

One of the victims of yesterday’s mosque massacre in Christchurch has posted a heartfelt video from his hospital bed, urging friends to pray for his daughter.

Wasseim Alsati, originally from Jordan, is in obvious physical distress in the clip, even though he says he filmed the video “to show you I am fully OK”.

The barber was hit four times during the shooting, and his five-year-old daughter was hit three times. She is reportedly in a stable condition.

Mr Alsati thanks his friends and family for their support and apologises for being unable to respond to the calls and text messages he has received since yesterday’s attack.

“Please pray for me and for my daughter, hopefully she will be so much better,” he says.

Two Jordanians were among those killed in the terrorist incident, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Petra news service.

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Christchurch shooting victim Wasseim Alsati speaking from his hospital bed.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Sufian Qudah had earlier said that a Jordanian man was killed and eight others were wounded.

The live-streamed attack by an immigrant-hating white nationalist killed at least 49 people as they gathered for weekly prayers in Christchurch. Another 48 people suffered gunshot wounds in the attacks.

Bangladesh’s honorary consul in Auckland, Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, told the Associated Press that “so far” three Bangladeshis were among those killed and four or five others were wounded, including two left in critical condition. “One leg of an injured needed to be amputated while another suffered bullet injuries in his chest,” Rahman Bhuiyan said. He declined to identify the dead or wounded.

Worshippers pray for victims and families of the Christchurch shootings during an evening vigil a the Lakemba Mosque in Lakemba, New South Wales, Australia. Picture: AP

Christchurch Hospital chief Greg Robertson said on Saturday that seven of the 48 gunshot victims admitted after the shootings in had been discharged. Robertson said a 4-year-old girl who had been transferred to an Auckland hospital was in critical condition and 11 patients who remained in Christchurch were also critically wounded.

“We have had patients with injuries to most parts of the body that range from relatively superficial soft tissue injuries to more complex injuries involving the chest, the abdomen, the pelvis, the long bones and the head,” he said. Many patients will require multiple operations to deal with their complex series of injuries, Robertson said.

He said a 2-year-old boy was in stable condition, as was a 13-year-old boy.

A man reacts as he speaks on a mobile phone outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand. Picture: AP

Mohammed Elyan, a Jordanian in his 60s who co-founded one of the mosques in 1993, was among those wounded, as was his son, Atta, who is in his 30s. That’s according to Muath Elyan, Mohammed’s brother, who said he spoke to Mohammed’s wife after the shooting.

Muath said his brother helped establish the mosque a year after arriving in New Zealand, where he teaches engineering at a university and runs a consultancy. He said his brother last visited Jordan two years ago.

“He used to tell us life was good in New Zealand and its people are good and welcoming. He enjoyed freedom there and never complained about anything,” Muath told The Associated Press. “I’m sure this bloody crime doesn’t represent the New Zealanders.”

Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry said four Pakistanis were wounded, and Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal tweeted that five other Pakistani citizens are missing after Friday’s attacks. Malaysia said two of its citizens were hospitalised, and the Saudi Embassy in Wellington said two Saudis were wounded. India’s high commissioner to New Zealand, Sanjiv Kohli, tweeted on Saturday that nine Indians were missing and called the attack a “huge crime against humanity.” Indian officials have not said whether the nine were believed to be living in Christchurch.

Ahmed Jehangir and was shot in New Zealand’s mosque mass shootings. Picture: Supplied

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at least three Turkish citizens were wounded in the attacks in New Zealand and that he has spoken to one of them.

Afghanistan’s ambassador to Australia and New Zealand said two Afghans are missing and a third person of Afghan origin was treated and released from the hospital.

Two Indonesians, a father and son, were also among those shot and wounded, Foreign Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said.

Nasir said the father is being treated at an intensive care unit and his son is in another ward at the same hospital. He declined to identify them. The man’s wife, Alta Marie, posted on Facebook that her husband and their son are both alive, but wounded.

Marie said that both were shot in the attack Friday at Christchurch’s Linwood Islamic centre.

“My husband was shot in multiple places and has a drain in his lung,” she wrote on Facebook. She said she was with her son, who is “traumatised” after being shot in his back and leg.

FIRST VICTIMS NAMED

71 year old victim Haji Daoud Nabi was shot dead in the Al Noor mosque.

The Dhaka Tribune named Husna Ara Parvin as one of the Bangladeshi victims in the Christchurch terrorist attack.

Lilik Abdul Hamid has been listed as missing since the attack.

Sayyad Milne, 14, is believed to be one of the younger victims of the massacre.

Brothers Omar and Yama Nabi, whose 71-year-old father was shot dead in the Christchurch mosques massacre, have described the alleged shooter as “heartless and cowardly”.

Both brothers were late to Friday prayer but their father Haji Daoud Nabi was on time and was shot at the Al Noor mosque on Dean’s Avenue, in the first alleged shooting rampage which killed 41 of the total 49 dead.

The Dhaka Tribune named Dr Md Abdus Samad, as one of the Bangladeshi victims in the Christchurch terrorist attack.

21 year old Talha Rashid has been confirmed as a victim.

Omar Nabi said that his father, who had emigrated from Afghanistan more than 30 years ago, had worked hard as an entrepreneur and lived peacefully in Christchurch before the assault.

The brothers were running late doing errands for their respective businesses in the city.

Standing outside Christchurch District Court where Australian man Brenton Harrison Tarrant appeared in a Christchurch court on a murder charge today, Yama Nabi said he wanted “to see his face”.

Omar Nabi shows a photo of his dead father Haji Daoud to media at court. Omar said his father’s body is still in the mosque. Picture: Gary Ramage

Yama and Omar Nabi at court. Omar said he was late for Friday prayers - and thus avoided being caught up in the massacre. Picture: Gary Ramage

Naeem Rashid was also confirmed as one of the fatalities. The Indian-born father has been hailed for his heroic efforts in trying to wrestle the gun off the shooter. He died in hospital.

There were also unconfirmed reports that his son was also among the dead.

Naeem Rashid, one of the victims of Brenton Tarrant the Australian who killed 49 people in Mosque's in Christchurch.

Janna Ezat pictured with her son Hussain Al-Umari, who is missing.

Indian man Ahmed Jehangir is fighting for his life in hospital, a family friend said, and has pleaded for support so his brother, Iqbal Jehangir can fly to New Zealand to be with him.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi said Farhaj Ahsan, a person of Indian origin, was also reported to have gone to the same mosque and is currently missing.

Farhaj Ahsan, a person of Indian origin, was also reported to have gone to the same mosque and is currently missing. His family in Hyderabad, I request immediate assistance to his family as well. His family’s contact details are available with me & I’ll share the same with you. pic.twitter.com/KYwBcs2yTM

— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) March 15, 2019

Kamel Darwish is missing after attending Friday prayers at the Deans Ave mosque, his brother Zuahair Darwish said.

After going to the scene he was directed by police to Christchurch Hospital, but he could not find Kamel there so returned to the mosque on Friday night.

Brothers Zaid and Hamza Mustafa, who are students at Cashmere High School, were at the mosque in Deans Avenue when the shooting occurred, principal Mark Wilson said.

The boys, in years 9 and 12, are in hospital, though the extent of their injuries is unclear.

A third boy from the school was unaccounted for, Mr Wilson said.

Sheikh Hasan Rubel was shot and is in hospital, according to his friend Helal Uddin, president of the Bangladesh Club. His condition is unknown.

Abdi Ibrahim was at the Deans Ave mosque with his father and three-year-old brother Mucad Ibrahim when the shooting started.

Mr Ibrahim got out of the mosque while his father pretended he was dead after he was shot and also fled the scene. No one had seen Mucad since the shooting, his brother said.

Australian Brenton Tarrant has been identified as the shooter who killed at least 49 people at two mosques in Christchurch.

Strangers from around the world dug deep to provide financial assistance to the victims and their families.

Donors were sending what they could via a page on the Give a Little website. At 1pm AEDT donations had already tallied almost $1.4 million.

A Give A Little page has received $400,000 in donations for Christchurch victims in New Zealand. Picture: Givealittle

Originally published as Christchurch shooting: Victims start to be identified and missing are named