NEW DELHI: A 25-year-old Keralite woman, identified as Ansi Karippakulam Alibava, is reportedly missing following the Christchurch mosque terror attack which claimed 49 lives on , according to Red Cross’ Restoring Family Links.
Restoring Family Links (RFL) is a programme of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, more specifically the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies involving activities that aim to prevent separation and disappearance, look for missing persons, restore and maintain contact between family members and clarify the fate of persons reported missing.
As per RFL report, Ansi Karippakulam was at the mosque in Dean’s Avenue.
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Red Cross reveals that Ansi’s father’s name is Ali Bava and her mother’s name is Fathima.
Sanjiv Kohli, the Indian high commissioner in New Zealand, on Saturday has said that at least nine Indian nationals or people of Indian origin are missing since the mosque attacks in Christchurch.
Sanjiv tweeted after the attack on Friday: “As per updates received from multiple sources there are 9 missing persons of Indian nationality/origin. Official confirmation still awaited. Huge crime against humanity. Our prayers with their families.”
Indian officials have not said whether the nine were believed to be living in Christchurch.
Indian media reports, however, said at least one Indian was killed in the massacre that shook New Zealand.
The Indian Express newspaper identified the victim as 34-year-old Mohammed Juned Kara from Gujarat.
Kara is survived by his wife and three children, the daily said.
The report added that two more Indians from Gujarat state – Arif Vohra and his nephew Rameez Vohra – were missing, while Hafiz Musa Patel, Imam of Lautoka mosque in Fiji Islands, was injured.
Patel reportedly hails from Lunawara village in Gujarat’s Bharuch district and holds a Fijian passport.
The newspaper said at least two more Indians, belonging to the southern city of Hyderabad – Ahmed Jahangir Khursheed and Farhaj Ehsan – were also missing.
According to Al Jazeera’ speaking to the Indian Express, Ehsan’s father Mohammed Sayeeduddin said, “Authorities at one hospital where injured are admitted told her [Ehsan’s wife] that he was not there. Police told her that he is not among the 49 fatalities. But police have said that at least 17 persons were missing.”
The Associated Press news agency on Saturday reported about an Indian couple in Christchurch looking for their son, Imran Khokhur, who has been missing since the massacre.
Leaning on the shoulders of her friend, Imran’s wife Akhtar cried as she held up her mobile phone with an image of her husband. “I still don’t know where he is,” she said.
Khokhur and husband Mehaboobbhai Khokhur had travelled from India to spend time with Imran, who dropped off his father at the Al Noor mosque on Friday and was looking for a parking space when the shooting began. They have not heard from him since.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Raveesh Kumar said the country’s high commission in New Zealand is in touch with local authorities for more information.
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi sent a letter to New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Friday, saying that “hatred and violence have no place in diverse and democratic societies”.
A 28-year-old white nationalist, identified as Brenton Harrison Tarrant, has been charged with killing the worshippers who had gathered for the weekly Friday prayers in a livestreamed attack.
Another 48 people are reported to have suffered gunshot wounds, with some of them in critical condition.
The majority of victims were migrants or refugees from countries such as Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey, Somalia and Afghanistan.
Muslims account for just over one percent of New Zealand’s population, while there are about 200,000 Indians or people of Indian origin in the Pacific island nation.
(With input from agencies )





