CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND Heroism has many faces - like the man who chased after a heavily-armed white-supremacist gunman with a hand-held credit card machine. Or another who used himself as a human shield. The death toll would have risen past 50 in the attacks on two...
Age of Mr Daoud Nabi, believed to be the oldest victim. He had lived in New Zealand for more than 40 yearsNumber of firearms in New Zealand, which has a population of 5 million.Mr Farid and his wife emigrated from Bangladesh to New Zealand in 1990 and have one daughter.
Mr Farid, 59, who has been in a wheelchair since being hit by a drunk driver in 1998, believes he escaped the bullets because the gunman was focused on other targets, AFP reported. The Australian suspect, Brenton Tarrant, has yet to enter a plea in the single murder charge brought against him so far.
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