HYDERABAD: Ahmed Iqbal Jahangir from Hyderabad was among the people who were injured in horific mass shooting incidents at two New Zealand mosques on Friday.
After receiving the gunshot in the chest, Ahmed was immediately taken to a hospital after the attack and underwent a surgery. He is battling for his life.
A residents of Amberpet in Hyderabad, Ahmed went to New Zealand 15 years ago where he runs a Hyderabadi food restaurant near Al Noor Mosquet in Christchurch. His family members were safe.
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Speaking to TNM, his brother, Mohammed Khursheed Jahangir, said, “He has been in New Zealand for almost 12 years now and he owns a restaurant there which offers Hyderabadi cuisine. He went for his Friday prayers. Two of his friends were killed in the attack. My brother himself is struggling for his life. We are not able to get any proper news about what is happening over there. He has a wife and two children; one aged 3 and one aged 5.”
#Hyderabad-Khurshid Jahangir,brother of Ahmed Jahangir who was injured in #NewZealandShooting: My brother was injured & is now recovering in a hospital. He is currently undergoing surgery. We have seen in the video he has been shot in the chest. We're trying to reach the Embassy. pic.twitter.com/Lt94JE4Xyr
— ANI (@ANI) March 15, 2019
An anxious Khursheed was waiting for more information from New Zealand. He wants to rush to New Zealand to be with his brother and sought help of Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi.
Owaisi, in turn, reached out to TRS Working President KT Rama Rao over Twitter to help Jahangir’s family to travel to New Zealand.
K. T. Rama Rao said he would request NRI department to help the family.
A video from #ChristChurch shows one Ahmed Jehangir who was shot. His brother Iqbal Jehangir is a resident of Hyderabad & would like to go to NZ for Ahmed’s family.
I request @KTRTRS @TelanganaCMO @MEAIndia @SushmaSwaraj to make necessary arrangements for the Khursheed family
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) March 15, 2019
Asad Saab, Will request our NRI department to assist https://t.co/wFHiUnELHH
— KTR (@KTRBRS) March 15, 2019
Another Farhaj Ahsan, of Indian origin, was also reported to have gone to the same mosque and is currently missing.
Farhaj Ahsan, a person of Indian origin, was also reported to have gone to the same mosque and is currently missing. His family in Hyderabad, I request immediate assistance to his family as well. His family’s contact details are available with me & I’ll share the same with you. pic.twitter.com/KYwBcs2yTM
— Asaduddin Owaisi (@asadowaisi) March 15, 2019
Indian High Commissioner to New Zealand Sanjeev Kohli said nine missing persons of Indian national/origin following the terror attack.
“As per updates received from multiple sources, there are nine missing persons of Indian national/origin. Official confirmation still awaited. Huge crime against humanity. Our prayers are with their families,” Kohli tweeted.
Attacks on two mosques in New Zealand which left at least 49 people dead on Friday have sparked horror, revulsion and dismay around the world.
One of the gunmen – believed to be an Australian extremist — apparently livestreamed the deadly assault.
Muslims face ‘mass killing’
“With this attack, hostility towards Islam that the world has been has been idly watching and even encouraging for some time, has gone beyond the boundaries of individual harassment to reach the level of mass killing,” said Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.