The husband of one of the victims of the attack on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, said on Sunday that his wife was killed while trying to save the worshipers, but he forgives the culprit responsible for killing 50 people on Sunday.
"Of course, the best thing is forgiveness, love and tenderness," Farid Ahmed told AFP, asking whether he tolerated the perpetrator of the Australian massacre.
"I will tell him that I love him as a person, that he has the energy to be a good person and able to save people instead of eliminating them." He also said, "I pray to him and I do not hold any grudges against him."
He said his wife, Hasniyeh Ahmad, 44, rushed to help the worshipers escape from the mosque after the shooting began, according to survivors of the massacre. "They screamed, 'Come here!' They rushed, and many children and women were taken to a nearby garden."
"Then she went back to the mosque to inquire about me because I was sitting on a mobile chair. When I approached the door, she was killed ... she was more interested in rescuing worshipers than in herself."
"The man shot the same people twice and three times, which allowed some to escape," said Farid Ahmed, 59, who survived the massacre.
His wife was not found when he left the mosque and was informed of her death after seeing a photo of her on social networking sites.