A survivor of the mosque terror attacks has told a large gathering in Christchurch that he forgives the gunman who committed the atrocity
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Farid Ahmed, whose wife Husna Ahmed was one of 50 people killed in the March 15 attack on two mosques, addressed a crowd of thousands at a National Remembrance Service at Hagley Park.Delegates from nearly 60 countries also heard Ahmed describe how he doesn't want hatred to be the prevailing emotion. "I have chosen peace, I have chosen love, and I have forgiven," said Ahmed, who was wounded in the attack.Earlier, there was a standing ovation as Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took to the stage."What words capture the anguish of our Muslim community being the target of hatred and violence? What words express the grief of a city that already known so much pain? I thought there were none," she said.
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