Sayyad Ahmad Milne, a football-loving student who dreamed of playing for Manchester United, was praying at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, as he did every Friday with his mother and friends, when the massacre happened.

Local media reported that Tariq’s mother drove him to the Al Noor mosque, but she escaped because she had been outside looking for a parking space when the attacker began his rampage.

“He was one of those people that everyone knew,” Cashmere student Bailey Jordan, 15, said as he left the funeral, which he described as “really heartfelt ... a tough time for everyone”.

Christchurch United Academy Director Colin Williamson described Omar as “a beautiful human being with a tremendous heart and love for coaching”.

Linda Armstrong, 64, a third-generation New Zealander who found Islam in her 50s, was also buried on Thursday, as were Hussein Mohamed Khalil Moustafa, 70, Matiullah Safi, 55, and Haji Mohammed Daoud Nabi.

The Malaysian foreign ministry on Thursday confirmed another citizen, 17-year-old Muhammad Haziq bin Mohd Tarmizi, was among the 50 casualties in the twin mosque attack.

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He had previously been listed as missing. Haziq’s father, Mohd Tarmizi Shuib, 42, sustained gunshot wounds and was being treated at Christchurch Hospital, while his younger brother, Mohd Haris, 12, was being treated for trauma at a children’s hospital.

“The Government of Malaysia conveys its heartfelt condolences to the family of the Allahyarham Muhammad Haziq bin Mohd Tarmizi,” said the ministry in a statement. “The High Commission of Malaysia will render its assistance to the family in the burial process.”

Malaysia’s minister in charge of Islamic affairs, Mujahid Yusof Rawa, was flying to Christchurch on Thursday to provide support to citizens affected by the attack.

He was expected to attend a scheduled Friday prayer service, where he would also deliver a sermon.

Imam Gamal Fouda, who would lead the prayer, said he was expecting 3,000 to 4,000 people at the prayer service, which Ardern announced would be broadcast nationally together with two minutes of silence.

Workers were working feverishly to repair, repaint and clean the bullet-riddled Al Noor mosque ahead of the prayers, which were expected to take place at Hagley Park, said Fouda.

“They will bury the carpet,” Fouda said. “Because it is full of blood, and it’s contaminated.”

Fouda said he expected the mosque to be re-opened in a week, adding that some skilled workers had offered their services for free. “The support we have been getting from New Zealand and the community has been amazing,” he said.

The Linwood mosque, the second to be attacked, was also scheduled to be reopened.

Most victims in the massacre hailed from countries such as Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Somalia, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.

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“We will have a heightened presence tomorrow in order to provide reassurance to people attending the Friday call for prayers,” police said on Thursday. “Police have been working relentlessly, doing everything in our power to gather all appropriate evidence from what are active crime scenes so we can allow people to return to the mosques as quickly as possible.”

Australian Brenton Tarrant, a white supremacist who was living in Dunedin, a five-hour drive from Christchurch, was charged with murder a day after the deadly assault.

The 28-year-old was remanded without a plea and is due back in court on April 5, when police said he was likely to face more charges.

New Zealand police on Thursday said they inadvertently charged Tarrant with the murder of someone who was still alive.

In a statement, they said they made an error on the charging sheet prepared for Tarrant’s first court appearance.

Police said they have spoken with the person incorrectly named on the document and have apologised, adding they would change the charge sheet.

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The accused killer broadcast his attack live on Facebook and it was quickly distributed to other platforms, prompting Ardern and others to rebuke technology companies and call for greater efforts to stop extremist views being aired on social media.

Experts said the video was quickly used by militant groups to spread a message of hate, pushing a narrative that says the West is at war with Islam and Muslims worldwide.

Al-Qaeda, Islamic State and other groups have cited the massacre in recent online appeals to supporters and potential recruits. Some of the messages have included video footage the killer made during the assault.

“In a sense, the Christchurch attacker has done a giant favour for the global jihadist movement,” said Rita Katz, executive director at SITE Intelligence Group, a private firm that monitors extremist activity online.

“And no one should be surprised when this attack is still a staple of jihadi propaganda and justifications for threats and incitements 10 years from now.”

Reporting by Reuters, Agence France-Presse, The Washington Post, AP