In aftermath of mosque attacks, New Zealand bans all assault weapons
Hamza's 13-year-old brother, Zaid, watched from a wheelchair, his leg bandaged from where he had been shot, as the bodies wrapped in white shawls and in open caskets were lowered into the ground.They were shot Friday at Al Noor Mosque, victims of a gunman who posted anti-immigrant rhetoric online before he launched the attacks on two mosques and killed 50 people. Police now say he had planned to attack a third target before he was stopped.
Hamza was a talented horse rider and loved to play soccer and go fishing, his classmates at Cashmere High School remembered. Ardern also said Wednesday that Foreign Minister Winston Peters, who was flying to Turkey, would"confront" officials there over inflammatory statements made by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan about the massacre in recent days.Erdogan, whose party is facing local elections this month, has been criticized for repeatedly airing video clips of the alleged shooter's footage at campaign rallies around Turkey.
Separately, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison scolded Turkey's president Wednesday for comments Erdogan made days earlier that seemed to chide Australia and New Zealand over their defeat during the World War I Gallipoli Campaign. Ardern said she shared families' frustration at how long it was taking for the bodies to be returned to them, but she reiterated that the forensic and identification process takes time. Thirty of the 50 victims can now be returned to the families for burial, she said.
"I'm of Lebanese origin, I'm a Muslim, I'm an Arab," said Adib Khanafer, a vascular surgeon and a father of four, who choked back tears when he described the cases he dealt with Friday.
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