Anonymous ID: 2517db March 18, 2019, 3:43 p.m. No.5759317   ๐Ÿ—„๏ธ.is ๐Ÿ”—kun

New Zealand Terrorist Was Confused by Mosque Layout, Giving Vital Seconds for People to Escape

By Brendan Cole On 3/18/19 at 7:55 AM EDT

 

https://www.newsweek.com/death-toll-could-have-been-dozens-higher-if-gunman-had-not-entered-mosque-1365997

 

A survivor of the attack on two New Zealand mosques has said the death toll could have been much higher if the gunman had not been confused by the layout of one of the places of worship.

Mohammed Akheel Uddin told Stuff, a New Zealand news website, that he had just entered Linwood Mosque on Friday when he saw a gunman approach the building.

But the attacker could not find the main door and instead shot at a window from outside. Seven people died at the Linwood Mosque, but the gunman's inability to find the main door gave those inside enough warning to move to safety.

Uddin described the moments after the gunshots were first heard, when he told the assembled worshippers: โ€œSomething is happening outside. People get on the floor.โ€

He then urged them to get into the female section of the mosque, which was safer as it could be locked from the inside.

Uddin said the delay bought vital seconds as "by the time he was in the right place," they were already hidden.