New Zealand mosque attacks: Boy, three, among the 49 killed in terror attack as list of names grows

A three-year-old boy who attended a mosque with his father and older brother is among those killed in a terror attack in New Zealand.

Toddler Mucad Ibrahim was at the mosque with his brother Abdi Ibrahim and father when the shooting started and has not been seen since.

It is believed he died in the attack along with 48 other people.

It also emerged today that a two-year-old boy and girl, four, are among those who were seriously injured in the attacks at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Mucad Ibrahim, three, is believed to have been killed in the attack

The girl is critically ill in a hospital in Auckland and the baby boy is in stable condition at Christchurch hospital, along with another of the youngest victims, a boy aged 13.

Names of other victims were beginning to emerge today.

Husne Ara Parvin, 42, was shot when she tried to save her wheelchair-bound husband Farid Uddin, according to a relative.

A doctor, Amjad Hamid, has not been seen since the attack and is presumed dead, according to the New Zealand Herald.

Husne Ara Parvin, 42, was shot dead while trying to save her wheelchair-bound husband, according to reports

Haji Daoud Nabi - who ran a local Afghan Association - was shot dead, his sons Omar and Yama said.

Omar Nabi told NBC News that his father threw himself in front of another worshipper during the attack.

Sayyad Milne, 14, is understood to have died. He was at the mosque with his mother. His father said: " "I haven't heard officially yet that he's actually passed but I know he has because he was seen. I remember him as my baby who I nearly lost when he was born.

Haji Daoud Nabi was one of the first confirmed victims

"I know where he is. I know he's at peace."

Naeem Rashid died reportedly trying to tackle the gunman. He was badly injured and died later in hospital. His teenage son Talha was also killed.

Syrian refugee Khaled Mustafa and his 14-year-old son Hamza died. The family had moved to New Zealand in 2018.​

Hamza had initially been reported missing, but was confirmed dead on Saturday night UK time.

His younger brother, aged 13, was recovering in hospital after a six-hour operation on his wounds, the New Zealand Herald reported.

Hussain al-Umari, 35, has not been seen or heard from since the attack.

The victims

Husne Ara Parvin, 42, died trying to save her wheelchair-bound husband

Doctor Amjad Hamid has not been seen since the attack and is presumed dead

Haji Daoud Nabi, Afghan Association leader

Sayyad Milne, 14 died, according to his father

Naeem Rashid died reportedly trying to tackle the gunman

Talha Rashid, son of Naeem Rashid, was also among the victims

Syrian refugee Khaled Mustafa died after moving to New Zealand in 2018

Hamza Mustafa, 14, son of Khaled, also died

Hussain al-Umari, 35, feared dead as he as not been seen or heard from since the attack

Boy, 3, Mucad Ibrahim, also feared dead as he as not been seen or heard from since the attack

Many of those killed or wounded were from the Middle East or South Asia, according to initial reports from several governments.

At least 49 people were killed as they gathered for weekly prayers in Christchurch. Another 48 people suffered gunshot wounds in the attacks.

Bangladesh's honorary consul in Auckland, Shafiqur Rahman Bhuiyan, said that "so far" three Bangladeshis were among those killed and four or five others were wounded, including two left in a critical condition.

"One leg of an injured needed to be amputated while another suffered bullet injuries in his chest," Mr Rahman Bhuiyan said. He declined to identify the dead or wounded.

Two Jordanians were among those killed, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement carried by the state-run Petra news service.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Sufian Qudah had earlier said that a Jordanian man was killed and eight others were wounded.

Christchurch Hospital chief Greg Robertson said on Saturday that seven of the 48 gunshot victims admitted after the shootings had been discharged.

Mr Robertson said a four-year-old girl who had been transferred to an Auckland hospital was in critical condition and 11 patients who remained in Christchurch were also critically wounded.

"We have had patients with injuries to most parts of the body that range from relatively superficial soft tissue injuries to more complex injuries involving the chest, the abdomen, the pelvis, the long bones and the head," he said.

Many patients will require multiple operations to deal with their complex series of injuries, he added.

He said a two-year-old boy was in stable condition, as was a 13-year-old boy.

Suspect Brenton Tarrant in court where he appeared on a murder charge 
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Mohammed Elyan, a Jordanian in his 60s who co-founded one of the mosques in 1993, was among those wounded, as was his son, Atta, who is in his 30s, according to Muath Elyan, Mohammed's brother, who said he spoke to Mohammed's wife after the shooting.

He said his brother helped establish the mosque a year after arriving in New Zealand, where he teaches engineering at a university and runs a consultancy. He said his brother last visited Jordan two years ago.

"He used to tell us life was good in New Zealand and its people are good and welcoming. He enjoyed freedom there and never complained about anything," he added. "I'm sure this bloody crime doesn't represent the New Zealanders."

Mourners gather near the scene of one of the shootings
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Pakistan's Foreign Ministry said four Pakistanis were wounded, and Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal tweeted that five other Pakistani citizens were missing after Friday's attacks.

One of those is Syed Jahandad Ali, 34, who was confirmed missing by the Pakistan Association of New Zealand (PANZ).

Malaysia said two of its citizens were hospitalised, and the Saudi Embassy in Wellington said two Saudis were wounded.

India's high commissioner to New Zealand, Sanjiv Kohli, tweeted on Saturday that nine Indians were missing and called the attack a "huge crime against humanity". Indian officials have not said whether the nine were believed to be living in Christchurch.

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said at least three Turkish citizens were wounded in the attacks in New Zealand and that he had spoken to one of them.

Vigils in memory of New Zealand victims

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Afghanistan's ambassador to Australia and New Zealand said two Afghans were missing and a third person of Afghan origin was treated and released from the hospital.

Two Indonesians, a father and son, were also among those shot and wounded, Foreign Ministry spokesman Arrmanatha Nasir said.

Mr Nasir said the father was being treated at an intensive care unit and his son was in another ward at the same hospital. He declined to identify them.

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