31 Jul 2019

Christchurch mosque victims make pilgrimage to Mecca

From Morning Report, 6:43 am on 31 July 2019

180 survivors and families of those killed in the Christchurch mosque shootings will be travelling to Mecca this week, to take part in the Muslim traditional Hajj pilgrimage.

The trip is being paid for by the King of Saudi Arabia.

Feroz Dita was shot three times in the leg. He can walk only up to 100 metres at a time and will be in a wheelchair at Mecca, but he told RNZ Christchurch reporter Conan Young he would not miss it for the world.