Husband of slain woman says forgives NZ mosque gunman
A man whose 44-year-old wife was killed in the Christchurch mosque attack as she rushed back in to rescue him said he harbours no hatred toward the gunman, insisting forgiveness is the best path forward.
"I would say to him 'I love him as a person'," Farid Ahmad told AFP.
Asked if he forgave the 28-year-old white supremacist suspect, he said: "Of course.
The best thing is forgiveness, generosity, loving and caring, positivity."
Husna Ahmed was among 50 people killed in the attack on two mosques that were packed for Friday prayers.
When the shooting started, she helped several people escape from the women's and children's hall.
"She was screaming 'come this way, hurry up', and she took many children and ladies towards a safe garden," Ahmad said.
"Then she was coming back for checking about me, because I was in a wheelchair, and as she was approaching the gate she was shot.
She was busy saving lives, forgetting about herself."
Ahmad, 59, who has been confined to a wheelchair since being