Bangladesh cricketers narrowly avoid New Zealand mosque shootings

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The national cricket team of Bangladesh arrived at the scene of a deadly mosque shooting in Christchurch on Friday, moments after gunfire erupted, officials say.

Team players and staff took to social media, describing how they narrowly avoided bloodshed at Masjid Al Noor mosque in Hagley Park — one of two houses of worship attacked in New Zealand.

"Just escaped active shooters. Heartbeats pumping badly and panic everywhere," the team's performance analyst Shrinivas Chandrasekeran tweeted. Mario Villavarayen, a strength and fitness coach with the Bangladesh team, told New Zealand media the players did not see the shooter but heard shots. "I spoke to one of them shortly after," Vllavarayen said."They were at the ground and just started running. The coaching staff were all at the hotel.""Entire team got saved from active shooters," opening batsman Tamim Iqbal tweeted."Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers.""Alhamdulillah Allah save us today while shooting in Christchurch in the mosque," Rahim tweeted."We extremely lucky ...

Entire team got saved from active shooters!!! Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers

 

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anwerofficial Dear NBC rep, Respectfully, this isn't shooting but an act of terrorism. A plane look of videos in circulation shows that this terrorism act was well-planned and supported. You must call it terrorist attack otherwise it is simply hypocratic behaviour of ur media

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