Survivors describe the harrowing scenes after a white supremacist murdered 49 people in New Zealand.
Shoaib told ITV’s This Morning programme that he sought shelter under a table from where he called his parents.When they didn’t pick up, he phoned the police and ambulance to tell of them of the terror attack unfolding.He added: ‘I saw one brother getting shot in the back of the head and his brains came out. He was dead on the spot.
He spent more than two minutes inside the mosque, spraying worshippers with bullets and even re-firing at people he had already shot down.Suspect Brenton Tarrant livestreamed his sickening attacksOne survivor, Ramzan Ali, told CNN that he saw the man next to him get shot in the chest.He said: ‘I was thinking that he must run out of bullets. I waited for that and prayed ‘Oh God, please let this man run out of bullets’.‘Next thing, the shooter came and shot this guy who told me not to get up.
‘It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack. From what we know, it does appear to have been well-planned,’ she added.Farid Ahmed was in a wheelchair praying at al-Noor when the gunman opened fire.‘I saw some people had blood on their body and some people were limping,’ Mr Ahmed added.
‘They had to smash the door, the glass from the window and from the small door. We tried to get everyone to run away from the area because we couldn’t open the door for everyone.A cricket match between New Zealand and Bangladesh scheduled to start Saturday was cancelled after the Bangladesh team had a narrow escape.
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