As a heavily-armed man entered Christchurch's al Noor mosque and began gunn...
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - As a heavily-armed man entered Christchurch’s al Noor mosque and began gunning down worshippers, Sardar Faisal happened to be in the bathroom, Sheikh Fahad ran and Amir Daud was just pulling up with his wife in their car, moments late for Friday prayers.
Seeing people running from the mosque, Hina began maneuvering the car around the small driveway, by which time the gunman was coming out of the building. Using their hands on the pedals, the couple moved the car just enough and escaped and to safety in a nearby house where the owner was screaming at them to come in and hide.
“The first two or three noises we just ignored, and then we realized something was going wrong,” said Sheikh Muhammed Fahad, who was inside the men’s prayer room. Fahad’s wife, who usually did not attend the mosque on Friday, had just dropped off his 65-year-old mother, who was visiting from Pakistan.
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