How Nigerian Imam escaped death in New Zealand mosque attack
THE Imam of one of the Christchurch, New Zealand mosques attacked by a terrorist on Friday is a Nigerian, The Nation can report today.
He saw a man in black military-style gear and a helmet holding a large gun and assumed it was a police officer.“I realised this is something else. This is a killer,” Alabi said and shouted at the congregation of more than 80 people to get down.That what when it dawned on the congregation that they were under attack.
“Everybody is angry, everybody is upset of course, and they want to see their dead ones and just want to pay their last respects and let them go to the grave, but the police have to complete their work and go through the normal procedure before they are released,” he said.
“But it’s happened, it’s happened, so it will happen anywhere and …. we just feel bad about those who have passed away … and for their families … I will pray for them.”“He shot one brother coming towards the mosque; he shot him from the head. He said the gunman ran out of bullets and dropped his gun. A man inside the mosque followed the shooter as he left the mosque. He picked up the machine gun and smashed it into the gunman’s car windscreen. After the gunman ran away, Alabi returned to the mosque.Alabi said he had never expected to experience a terrorist attack in New Zealand.
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