New Zealand mourns Christchurch attack victims
By DW
23 March 2019 |
11:06 am
Thousands have gathered across New Zealand to pay their respects to 50 people killed in a terror attack on two mosques. Imam Fouda offered words of comfort, saying: "We are brokenhearted, but we are not broken."
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