PICS: Sonny Bill attends Friday prayers as New Zealand remembers shooting victims
Wellington - All Blacks back Sonny Bill Williams joined hundreds of fellow Muslims and thousands of other New Zealanders for Friday prayers at Hagley Park in Christchurch as the country fell silent to remember the victims of last week's shooting.
"You have just got to do what is best for the victims, but then moving forward I think something beautiful is going to happen." "We admire what he's standing for and the fact that he wants to go there and grieve and be part of the support for the region and people of New Zealand. He has our best wishes."
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