Abdelfattah Qasem, 59

father-of-three Kamel Darwish. He was seen saying to officers in TVNZ footage: “He’s been missing since 1.30pm and we know nothing about it. I came to the mosque and they told me go to the hospital . . . we don’t have any information.”

Haroon Mahmood, 40

Mahmood was at the Al Noor mosque and hasn’t been heard from since. A friend told the Herald on Sunday he had just finished his PhD at Lincoln

University.

3. Husne Ara Parvin, 42

Parvin was shot when she tried to save her wheelchair-bound husband, Farid Uddin, at the Al Noor mosque, according to a relative. Her nephew Mahfuz Chowdhury, who lives in Bangladesh where Parvin is from, said he heard about her death from relatives in New Zealand, according to Bangladesh newspaper BDnews24. “Khala [aunt] went to the women’s section of the mosque after leaving her paralysed husband at the men’s section on a wheelchair,” said Chowdhury. “She came out when she heard gunshots. She died on the spot as she approached the men’s section to save her husband.” Farid survived the attack as others in the mosque took him out to safety. 20 years, but his son said he had recently taken up a role in cardiology at Hawera Hospital, in south Taranaki. He rotated three weeks working at the hospital with three weeks at his Christchurch home. Youngest son Mohammed Hamid, 20, said they had checked everywhere. “We believe he’s dead . . . I just really loved my dad.” The Muslim Association’s former secretary, who was born in Palestine, was reportedly gravely injured at the Al Noor mosque.

Linda Armstrong, 65

A friend told the Herald on Sunday that Armstrong died in the arms of a lady who was shot in the arm and survived at Linwood Mosque. The friend said Armstrong always took people into her home and was kind. “She was like a child about everything. She was so happy. She was always excited to do a good deed. She was happy to do it.”

Ali Elmadani, 66

Elmadani was born in Palestine. His wife, Nuha Assad, has not heard from him since he went to the Al Noor mosque to pray.

5. Haji-Daoud Nabi, 71

Nabi, a refugee from Afghanistan, ran the Afghan Association and is thought to have died inside the Al Noor mosque. His son Omar Nabi went to court Saturday, where the man charged with murder over the killings appeared. “I need closure on this,” Nabi said. “It’s outrageous to me. Forty-nine people got killed — kids and grown-ups shot in the back while praying. It is a cowardly act.”

Lilik Abdul Hamid

A Facebook appeal has been issued for Hamid. “A friend of one struggle . . . has passed away in New Zealand . . . the victim of NZ animal terrorist,” a relative wrote on Facebook. “All Muslims are grieving and pray for you.”

Ashraf Ali

Ali, originally from Fiji, is among the dead. “We went to school together,” his friend Abdul Qayyum told Daily Mail Australia. They were meant to reunite in Fiji in a few weeks. Qayyum said he will always remember his quiet friend’s laugh. “There was a game we used to play called Last Card. Every time I saw him I called him last card and when he saw me he called me last card.”