The body of a 26-year-old Pakistani who was among 50 worshippers killed during terrorist attacks on mosques in New Zealand has arrived at an airport in the southern port city of Karachi.
Syed Areeb Ahmed was among nine Pakistanis who were killedon March 15 when a white supremacist terrorist shot people inside two mosquesin Christchurch, New Zealand.
On Monday, his sobbing father Syed Ayaz Ahmed, familymembers and government officials received his body.
Ahmed was an only son who had immigrated to New Zealand forwork, according to his uncle Muhammad Muzaffar Khan.
Last week, Pakistan observed a day of mourning for thevictims and honored another Pakistani, Naeem Rashid, who died along with hisson after trying to tackle the gunman.
New Zealand’s prime minister has announced a top-levelinquiry into the circumstances surrounding the massacre of 50 people in twoChristchurch mosques.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says the country’s highestform of investigation, a royal commission of inquiry, was appropriate for”matters of the gravest public importance.” Her Cabinet hadpreviously agreed on holding an inquiry, but had not decided what kind ofinvestigation would be held.
She said the Cabinet agreed Monday a royal commission ofinquiry “will look at what could have or should have been done to preventthe attack.” An Australian white supremacist has been charged with murderfor the March 15 attacks.