Mother was on phone with son when he was shot dead at New Zealand mosque: 'He's shooting at us'
The mother of a teenager who lost his life in the mass shooting at the Al-Noor Mosque — one of the two Christchurch mosques targeted by terrorist Brenton Tarrant during Friday prayers and where 43 were killed — has revealed she was on the phone with her son when he was shot.
According to the Stuff, Salwa Mustafa's 16-year-old son, Hamza, was praying at the mosque with his younger brother, 13-year-old Zaid, and father, 44-year-old Khaled, when the gunfire erupted, and he immediately called his mother. It would be the last time she would hear his voice.
"The Apple of His Mother's Eye" | Hamza Mustafa, 16, was JUST reported dead after being missing all of yesterday.
— Khaled Beydoun (@KhaledBeydoun) March 17, 2019
His father, Khaled Hajj Hasan, was also killed in #ChristChurch. Pray for his mother, who lost both a husband and a son.#51Lives - FIFTY ONE. pic.twitter.com/YHSvsQPzE3