A three-year-old boy is among several children to have died in the Christchurch terror attacks, it has emerged.Twelve operating theatres worked through the night on almost 50 wounded people and 11 remain in intensive care.As the names of the first victims of the massacre emerge, heartbroken families are preparing to hold funerals on Saturday.The young boy was with his dad and brother Abdi Ibrahim at the Al Noor mosque in Deans Avenue when the shooter burst in and opened fire.
His son Omar said the family had left Kabul, Afghanistan, for New Zealand in the 1970s and his father spent his life helping refugees.Sayyad Milne’s father John said his son was a ‘brave little soldier’Naeem Rashid has been hailed a hero after he tried to stop the shooterMr Rashid’s 21-year-old son Talha also lost his life in the mass shooting.
Ashraf Ali, a respected imam at the Masjid Al Noor mosque who was originally from Fiji, is among the dead.The family of Lilik Abdul Hamid say he died in New ZealandHe appeared in court on Saturday charged with one count of murder, although more are expected to follow.