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A mourner comforts John Milne (center), the father of 14-year-old Sayyad Milne, during the boy's funeral in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Thursday. Sayyad Milne was one of 50 people killed at two mosques last Friday.

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'My Heart Was Broken': Mourners In New Zealand Bury Victims Of Mosque Shootings

8:29pm March 22, 2019

by Rob Schmitz

A week after a gunman killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, friends and family have been gathering for funerals and to listen to the Muslim call to prayer.

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Women wore headscarves as they gathered for the Muslim call to prayer in Hagley Park in Christchurch on Friday. The call was broadcast across New Zealand in memory of 50 people who were killed in attacks at two mosques last Friday.

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New Zealand Listens To Muslim Prayers A Week After Mosque Shootings

10:38pm March 21, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

The island nation, still reeling from last Friday's attacks, heard a message of healing amid plans to change gun laws in hopes of preventing future attacks.

New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern visited Cashmere High School in Christchurch, which lost two current students to the shootings at two mosques last Friday that killed 50 people.

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In Wake Of Mass Shooting, New Zealand's Ardern Calls For Global Fight Against Racism

12:48pm March 20, 2019

by Dalia Mortada

The prime minister visited a school that lost two current students and one former student in the Christchurch mosque shootings last week.