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		</div><p>Thousands of people have gathered in the New Zealand city of Christchurch for a vigil to remember the 50 people killed in a terrorist attack on two mosques.</p>
<p>One of those watching from a wheelchair was 21-year-old Mustafa Boztas, who was shot in the leg and liver during the March 15 attack at the Al Noor mosque.</p>
<figure id="attachment_128675" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-128675" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/15BA81B3-187D-4764-AD6E-E777077471FF.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-128675" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/15BA81B3-187D-4764-AD6E-E777077471FF.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="429" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-128675" class="wp-caption-text">People embrace in a show of love during a vigil in Hagley Park</figcaption></figure>
<p>“It’s beautiful to see what the community has put together to show they care about us, and to show that we are all one,” Mr Boztas said.</p>
<p>He said he was recovering well and hoped to be walking normally soon.</p>
<p>Officials estimate up to 40,000 people attended the event on a sunny evening at Hagley Park.</p>
<p>It was held on a stage that had been set up for a concert by Canadian singer Bryan Adams that was cancelled after the attacks.</p>
<p>The names of each of the 50 people killed were read out.</p>
<p>Okirano Tilaia, the head boy at Cashmere High School – which lost two students in the attack, cited Martin Luther King Jr in his speech, saying he conquered people with love, peace and solidarity.</p>
<figure id="attachment_128677" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-128677" style="width: 600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><a href="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EA197AFD-3C8D-4EA9-9BA7-81BE72316ACF.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-128677" src="https://londonglossy.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/EA197AFD-3C8D-4EA9-9BA7-81BE72316ACF.jpeg" alt="" width="600" height="769" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-128677" class="wp-caption-text">Cashmere High School head boy Okirano Tilaia addresses the vigil</figcaption></figure>
<p>“Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can,” he said. “And hatred cannot drive out hatred. Only love can.”</p>
<p>New Zealand has been holding a series of memorials since the attacks.</p>
<p>On Friday, people across the nation observed the Muslim call to prayer one week after the attacks. Next Friday, a national remembrance is scheduled.</p>
<p>Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, has been charged with murder in the attacks and is scheduled to make his next court appearance on April 5.</p>
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