Dead, injured or missing: Victims of Christchurch begin to be identified
While dozens of people are still missing, the faces of some of the victims from Friday's right-wing terrorist attack in Christchurch have begun to emerge.
Haji-Daoud Nabi, a 71-year old man, was one of the 49 killed in the attack.
Mr Nabi ran the Afghani Association for his community and was inside the Masjid Al Noor mosque when Brenton Tarrant entered the building and opened fire.
His son, Omar Nabi, spent Friday desperately searching for news of his father, before learning that he had not survived.
Haji-Daoud Nabi is one of 49 people killed in the Christchurch attack.Credit:Stuff.co.nz
Omar last saw his father at breakfast on Friday morning. He was due to attend the prayers on Friday but was unable to go.
Following the shooting, Omar tried calling his father several times but could not get hold of him.
"I need to know if my father is OK," he told Stuff on Friday.
On Saturday morning at 4.30am, he was told his father did not make it out of the mosque alive.
"He was a man with a lot of talents ... and wisdom he shared to use as life skills," said Omar.
"He's a very humble man who has helped a lot of people."
Omar said he would like to take his father back to Afghanistan to be buried.
Dozens who were inside the two mosques are still missing, their families remain desperate for answers as New Zealand officials work to identify the dead.
Indian national Ahmed Jehangir is among those fighting for life in hospital, according to a family friend.
Mr Jehangir's brother Iqbal is now attempting to get a visa into New Zealand to be with his brother.
Asaduddin Owaisi, the president of a regional political party in India, India Majlis-e-Ittehadul-Muslimeen, has taken to Twitter to ask officials to help Iqbal.
Mr Owaisi also listed Farhaj Ahsan, another Indian national whose family lives in the city of Hyderabad, as one of the missing people.
Mr Ahsan's family are pleading for anyone with information to come forward.
Red Cross New Zealand has established a list of missing people.
A crowdfunding page to support the victims has already raised more than six hundred thousand dollars in less than 24 hours.
This money will go to the New Zealand Council of Victim Support Groups and will be used to provide support for victims and their families.
With Stuff.co.nz
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