New Zealand burials start as PM urges ‘united front’ on social media


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  • Wednesday, 20 Mar 2019

Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern speaks to students after two of their class mates were killed in the mosque shooting on March 15th during a visit to Cashmere High School in Christchurch, New Zealand on March 20, 2019. - As the first bodies of the Christchurch mosque shooting victims were returned to grieving families, Muslim volunteers from across New Zealand and Australia descended on the small town to help in the burial process. An Australian white supremacist gunman killed 50 Muslim worshippers at two mosques in the southern city of Christchurch last Friday in a murder spree he broadcast live. (Photo by Marty MELVILLE / AFP)

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: A Syrian refugee and his son were buried in New Zealand on March 20 in the first funerals of those killed in the twin mosque massacre as Kiwis braced for days of emotional farewells following the mass slayings.

An Australian white supremacist is accused of gunning down 50 Muslim worshippers and wounding many more at two mosques in the southern city of Christchurch last Friday in a killing spree that he livestreamed.

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