Horrified to hear of Christchurch mosque shootings. The gunman, who she described as young and skinny, then drove away.Ī resident on nearby Freyberg St said she heard "hundreds" of shots and it was "terrifying". He lay on the ground outside a unit at the motel until a police came and helped him. The elderly man, aged in his 70s, was shot in his side. His friend from Fiji was also in the mosque with him and was missing.Ībout 20 to 30 children had been among the roughly 500 people inside, he said.Īrgyle on the Park owner Lena Borodin said she saw a man in a silver car pulled up outside her motel and shoot an elderly Muslim man who was walking toward the mosque. It's going to be there for weeks and months." "Oh my God, I don't want to see this kind of thing, it's a nightmare. Once he got outside and ran away, he saw he had blood on him from other people. Ranzan Ala said everyone started running to one of the doors when the shooting began.
His head was supported by other Muslim men who prayed for him.Īnother man said he saw children being shot.ĭozens of people were shot by a man wearing military uniform, who emptied at least two magazines. He managed to escape, but saw his wife lying dead on the footpath outside. Police block the road near the shooting at a mosque in Linwood, Christchurch.Ī statement on the school's website said students were being moved to the hall until the cordon lifted after 5pm.Ī man, who would not give his name, said he was praying in the Deans Ave mosque when he heard the shooting start.
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