ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Foreign Office in Islamabad said four Pakistanis wereinjured in the New Zealand terrorist attack, and another five Pakistanisare “missing”.
FO spokesperson Mohammad Faisal said all four injured Pakistanis receivedbullet injuries, but their condition wasn’t immediately known.
The Pakistan High Commission in New Zealand is making efforts to locate themissing nationals, the FO spokesperson said. “right-wing extremist” armedwith semi-automatic weapons rampaged through two mosques in the quiet NewZealand city of Christchurch during afternoon prayers on Friday, killing 49worshippers and wounding dozens more.
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The attack, thought to be the deadliest against Muslims in the West inmodern times, was immediately dubbed terrorism by Prime Minister JacindaArdern, as she guided a shocked nation on one of its “darkest days”.
