UPDATE: New Zealand’s authorities notified the Egyptian embassy that four Egyptian expatriates were killed in the shootings, Egyptian ambassador Tareq al-Wiseimy told the Egyptian Ministry of Emigration on Saturday. The Egyptian victims include Munir Suleiman, Ahmed Hamal al-Din Abdul Ghani, Ashraf Morsi, and Ashraf Al-Masri. Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi released a statement condemning “in the strongest terms possible” the terrorist attack that targeted two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. In his statement, which followed reports that four Egyptian men were among the victims, the Egyptian President denounced the attack as “vicious” and one that was aimed at “shaking the conscience of humanity”. President Sisi stressed the importance of international cooperation to confront all forms of terrorism, violence and extremism. Earlier on Saturday, Egypt’s Ministry of Emigration and Egyptian Expatriate Affairs said it had been informed that a number of Egyptians were among the New Zealand Mosque terror victims, with the names still unidentified. In a later statement, Egypt’s government confirmed that four Egyptian citizens were among the victims. The victims were identified as Munir Suleiman, Ahmed Hamal al-Din Abdul Ghani, Ashraf Morsi, and Ashraf Al-Masri. The Ministry was initially contacted by an…
