FILE PHOTO: Imam Ibrahim Abdelhalim of the Linwood Mosque speaks following Friday's shooting outside the Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 18, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su/File Photo To match Special Report NEWZEALAND-SHOOTOUT/IMAM
CHRISTCHURCH (Reuters) - Ibrahim Abdelhalim was at his mosque last week in the Linwood neighbourhood of Christchurch, New Zealand, delivering a prayer as he usually does on Friday afternoons. The 67-year-old grandfather had already spoken about "tasting the sweetness of faith" as a Muslim obedient to God and willing to serve humanity.
He heard a pop-pop-pop in the distance.
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