NSCIA condemns New Zealand terrorist attacks
The Deputy Secretary-General of the council, Prof. Salisu Shehu, said, in a statement on Monday, that the attack by the Australian citizen, Brenton Tarrant, on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, as Muslims converged for the Friday’s Juma’at worship, remains condemnable.According to him, in the attack that was unprecedented in the annals of the country, at least 50 Muslim worshipers across various nationalities were gunned down while more than 40 others sustained varying degrees of injury.
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