Others told of scrambling through broken windows and playing dead among the carnage in a bid to survive.
Carl Pomare was driving past the Masjid al Noor with an employee when he saw people running from the mosque and falling to the ground.“We managed to get her into the car of one of the people who was helping and got her to the hospital, she was critical,” he told RNZ.There were tales of heroism at the Linwood mosque too, where Syed Mazharuddin said a man wrestled a weapon off the attacker, who cut short his killing spree and ran to a waiting car.
“The young guy who usually takes care of the mosque … he saw an opportunity and pounced on him and grabbed his gun,” Mazharuddin said. “This guy, the hero, tried to chase but he couldn’t find the trigger in the gun … he ran behind him but there were people waiting for in the car and he fled.”
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