New Zealand Falls Silent to Honor Victims of Worst-Ever Massacre
- Thousands gather at mosques and observe silence in streets
- ‘As one, we will pay our respects to those who died,’ PM says
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Radio and television stations across New Zealand broadcast the Muslim call to prayer followed by two minutes of silence as the nation stopped to honor the 50 people killed and more than 40 wounded in last week’s mosque attacks.
In the South Island city of Christchurch, thousands of people gathered in Hagley Park, opposite one of two mosques that a lone Australian gunman attacked last Friday. Across the nation, thousands more massed outside mosques to show solidarity with worshippers as they arrived to pray.