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Two Indians killed in NZ mosque attacks, some missing

Hyderabad/Thrissur (Kerala): A software engineer from Hyderabad and a woman post-graduate student from Kerala’s Thrissur were among the 49 people killed in Friday’s terror attacks on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch, while the whereabouts of at least two visitors from Gujarat where not known. The shootings – the first fatal terror attack in the […]

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (File Photo/IANS)

New Zealand set to ban semi-automatic weapons

Auckland: New Zealand will ban semi-automatic rifles, Attorney-General David Parker said on Saturday and was greeted loudly by a crowd here on vigil after the horrific killing of 49 people in Christchurch shootings Parker was meeting a vigil group at the Auckland’s Aotea Square a day after 49 people were gunned down at two Christchurch […]

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern (File Photo/IANS)

New Zealand PM shows solidarity to Muslim community

Christchurch: A day after 49 people were killed in the horrific Christchurch mosques shootings, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday showed solidarity to the Muslim community, saying “this is not the New Zealand people know”. She made the remark during her 40-minute address at the Christchurch Canterbury Refugee Centre, where she delivered a message of […]

Hyderabad man shot at in NZ, another missing (Photo: IANS)

Hyderabad man shot at in New Zealand, another missing

Hyderabad: A man from Hyderabad was critically injured and another was missing in the horrific massacre at one of the two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch city on Friday. Ahmed Iqbal Jehangir, who was at Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayers, was injured and taken to hospital, his brother Mohammed Khursheed Jehangir told IANS in […]