KARACHI – The body of late Syed Areeb Ahmed, a Pakistani who was martyred in the Christchurch massacre, was brought to his hometown early Monday.
The only son of his parents, Karachi-born Ahmed, 27, was a chartered account by profession. His first funeral prayers were offered on March 21 in New Zealand and the second one will be offered at Sangam Ground in Dastagir No. 9.
The funeral prayers are slated to take place at 3pm after Zuhr, and he will be laid to rest in the Sakhi Hassan graveyard.
Earlier today, his body was flown to Karachi via EK-600 and was received by his father, Syed Ejaz Ahmed, and taken to Federal B. Area, the neighbourhood he resided in.
Areeb is one of the 50 victims who were embraced martyrdom when a white supremacist opened fire at two mosques in New Zealand city of Christchurch on March 15.
A total of nine Pakistani citizens were killed in the attack which New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said was “one of the darkest days in New Zealand” after she referred to it as terrorism.
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Separately, the bodies of two Indian victims arrived in their homeland, officials said.
The Indian High Commission in Wellington said the bodies of the two had arrived in their homeland and a third was expected later in the day.
The two repatriated Indian victims are Ansi Karippakulam Alibava, 23, a masters student from Kerala, and Ozair Kadir, 24, an aspiring commercial pilot from Hyderabad city.
The remains of Mahboob Khokhar, a 65-year-old retiree who was visiting his son in Christchurch when he was killed, are en route to India.
The Indians buried in New Zealand are Asif and Ramiz Vora, a father-and-son duo originally from Gujarat, who had celebrated the birth of Ramiz’s daughter just days before the attack.
