The suspect behind the mosque attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, was en route to a third target when he was intercepted by authorities, police commissioner Mike Bush said at a news conference Wednesday.
Muslim faith demands quick burial, and Bush said authorities were working feverishly to identify all of the fallen, sometimes with the help of visual confirmation from loved ones. Twenty-two of the victims have been identified by officials and relatives, according to NBC News' reporting.
A father and son who fled the civil war in Syria for"the safest country in the world" were buried Wednesday in the first funerals for victims of the massacre. The funerals of 44-year-old Khalid Mustafa and 15-year-old Hamza Mustafa came five days after a white supremacist methodically gunned down 50 worshippers at two mosques in Christchurch — a massacre that he broadcast live on Facebook.
Brenton Harrison Tarrant has been charged with one count of murder in the attack, though he is expected to face additional charges. The 28-year-old Australian is being held in isolation in a Christchurch jail. Of three others arrested in the chaos of the first response, Bush said a woman was released without allegations and two men were accused of firearms violations but had nothing to do with the violence.
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