Hero of Christchurch terror attacks

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Abdul Aziz, a furniture shop owner, was at the Linwood Mosque when the attacker opened fire on the people praying inside

"I saw a man with an army uniform and I say, 'Who the hell are you?' And he started swearing at me," Mr Aziz said.

"I just threw the Eftpos machine [at him] but his car door was open and he managed to get another gun and started shooting at me."

"I just grabbed that shotgun [but] when I pulled the trigger there was no bullet in it.

"Then I called him. I said, 'Look! I'm in the car park - come this way, come this way!' I just wanted to take his focus away from the mosque [so he would] come into the car park. Even if I got shot that's alright, as long as we could save some other lives."

When the assailant saw that Mr Aziz had a gun he ran back to his car.

The gun I had in my hand, the shotgun, I just threw it at him like a spear at his window. His window blasted and he got really shocked - he thought I had shot at him or something.

"And then he just swore at me and drove off [while I was] still chasing with the gun."

Shortly afterwards, the killer's car was rammed off the road by local police officers and a man was arrested.

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