A mother who lost her son in the Christchurch terror attacks told the terrorist in court: "You thought you can break us you failed miserably. Ata is gone, but never forgotten. He will always be the light of our eyes. And we will live his legacy." https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/christchurch-mosque-attack-victims-mum-22567777">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/worl...
Taj Mohammad Kamran, shot three times in the same leg at the Al-Noor mosque, has roughly 1,000 pieces of shrapnel that cannot be removed said: "I don& #39;t go to mosques much as I am scared."

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Ikram Patel, son of Musa Vali Suleman Patel, Who Died at Linwood Mosque: "My family and I, and all other families affected by this tragedy, are victims of Islamophobia. Like all forms of racism and bigotry it is based on illogical and faulty thinking” 1/2

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Ikram Patel: "And its perpetrators not only commit horrific crimes but also actively spread misinformation and propaganda, and infect other minds." 2/2

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Temel Atacocugu, who was shot nine times (3 bullets remain inside of him), played dead to save his own life. He said: "I thought I was going to die and I tried to lie as still as possible when the gunman came back a second time."

https://news.sky.com/story/christchurch-mosque-gunman-wanted-to-kill-as-many-people-as-he-could-12055373">https://news.sky.com/story/chr...
High Court judge Cameron Mander said he had received more than 200 victim impact statements, and will not pass sentence until Thursday morning so their voices can be heard in the court. https://www.thenational.ae/world/oceania/christchurch-mosque-shooter-spent-years-preparing-for-attack-1.1067540">https://www.thenational.ae/world/oce...
Hamimah Tuyan lost husband Zekeriya and told the BBC: “We have a whole community of heroes. We have the Muslim community who are still healing. They are heroes. And then we have 51 martyrs. But that evil murderer belongs to neither of these categories.” https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-asia-53858369">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/w...
WATCH: Maysoon Salama and Mohammad Atta Ahmad Alayan discuss the loss of their son Ata Mohammad Ata Elayyan and address the Christchurch terrorist. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MksceWteS2s">https://www.youtube.com/watch...
Ata Taj Mohammad Kamran lost his best friend of 13 years. Kamran was shot four times in the leg when fleeing and carries a lot of guilt about not being able to help others.

"I don& #39;t want to live like this, it is too tiring for me – I am tired of it all." https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12358346">https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/a...
Smith added: “I held a three-year-old boy in my arms, praying that he was still alive. He was not,”

“Since the attack I don’t sleep well and don’t trust people. You have changed my life forever and I will never forgive you.”

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Farisha Razak, who lost her father Ashraf Ali, said in a recorded message that Tarrant did not deserve any leniency, “You made a game out of people’s lives,” adding, “You should not even be granted parole - ever.”

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-newzealand-shooting/grieving-families-urge-life-no-parole-sentence-for-new-zealand-mosque-gunman-idUKKBN25L04M">https://uk.reuters.com/article/u...
Zuhair Darwish, who lost his brother Kamel, called for the harshest possible sentence:

“I know in New Zealand law they have removed the death penalty for humans, but unfortunately he’s not a human."

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Angela Armstrong: “While he will remain trapped in a cage my mum is free. I therefore challenge Tarrant to use his remaining lifetime to consider the beauty and life to be found in diversity and freedom that he sought to distort and destroy.”

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Kyron Gosse, nephew of Linda Armstrong, said: “Filled with his own racist agenda this coward hid behind his big powerful guns and shot little old Linda from afar,” adding that the terrorist “stole our nation’s innocence.” https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-pmn/crime-pmn/daughter-of-nz-mosque-victim-tells-gunman-consider-beauty-of-diversity-while-in-prison">https://nationalpost.com/pmn/news-...
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