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New Zealand Massacre: Nigerian Imam Who Saved Countless Lives, Speaks by G1STMORE(op): 3:53pm On Mar 17, 2019
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Alabi Lateef, a Nigerian Imam who saved several lives during the New Zealand terror attack, has broken his silence about the massacre.

Lateef was at the Linwood mosque in Christchurch on March 15, when gunman, Brenton Tarrant, opened fire on worshippers killing at least 7 people, after already killing 42 people at the Al Noor mosque.

At the Linwood mosque, worshippers were about to drop to the floor for the second part of the prayer service, when Lateef spotted the gunman.

Hearing gunfire outside, the Imam shouted ‘go down’, warning the worshippers to take cover.

In a chat with The New Zealand Herald, he said: “When I saw those Muslims shot dead, I just told our brothers, ‘Go down! Go down! Somebody has just shot our brothers outside the masjid.

No one listened to me until unfortunately he came from behind and he shot one of our brothers in the head through the window. He saw him standing and shot him through the window. .

When glass got broken and the brother fell down, everyone realised to go down.”
The Imam rushed outside with fellow worshipper, Abdul Aziz, who picked up a credit card machine on his way.

Aziz told NZ Herald that he threw the machine at the gunman, who was running back to his car to get another weapon. The terrorist responded by firing at Aziz, who ran through a sea of parked cars to escape the bullets, picking up a discarded gun.

Squeezing the trigger, Aziz realised it was empty, so he hurled it at the gunman’s car.
Jumping into his vehicle, the terrorist made a u-turn and sped away.

Lateef, who had locked the main door of the mosque to keep those inside safe, then called the emergency services, also doing his best to help those wounded. He added he had been prepared to die to save his people:

“I can’t believe… I thought I’d be gone. I was ready to die because I felt for the brothers,” he added.

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Re: New Zealand Massacre: Nigerian Imam Who Saved Countless Lives, Speaks by G1STMORE(op): 3:54pm On Mar 17, 2019
cool
Re: New Zealand Massacre: Nigerian Imam Who Saved Countless Lives, Speaks by tyup(m): 4:10pm On Mar 17, 2019
The gunman should have shot this ugly nonsense Pig sad

I wonder what he's still doing on camera huh
Re: New Zealand Massacre: Nigerian Imam Who Saved Countless Lives, Speaks by ojun50(m): 4:17pm On Mar 17, 2019
tyup:
The gunman should have shot this ugly nonsense Pig sad

I wonder what he's still doing on camera huh
for once let the wisdom of God control yr mouth
Re: New Zealand Massacre: Nigerian Imam Who Saved Countless Lives, Speaks by tyup(m): 4:22pm On Mar 17, 2019
ojun50:
for once let the wisdom of God control yr mouth
Your right and that's after the massacre of innocent Christians who were murdered worldwide lemme nor lie to you I watched the video and felt nothing and no pity fr the deceased just only the old woman shot on the head and that cause I respect old people
Re: New Zealand Massacre: Nigerian Imam Who Saved Countless Lives, Speaks by Born2Breed(f): 6:14pm On Mar 17, 2019
Brave man. Nigerians are brave people.
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