
One week ago, Zaid Mustafa was inside the Al-Noor mosque in Christchurch with his father, Khalid, and older brother, Hamza, as they gathered for their afternoon prayer.
Zaid was shot in the leg when a terrorist opened fire in the mosque in a horror terror attack against the Islamic faith. Although Zaid survived his injuries, his father and brother were among the 50 people who were killed in the mass shootings.
On Wednesday, Khalid Mustaf, 44, and Hamza Mustaf, 16, were the first of the victims to be buried. Zaid attended the funerals at the Memorial Park cemetery in Christchurch, as hundred of mourners gathered to pay their respect to the families of the victims.
According to the NZ Herald, the 13-year-old, while in a wheelchair with a blue blanket over his legs, said at the funeral: “I don’t want to be here alone.”
