A survivor of the Christchurch massacre has described how he 'held his breath' and played dead in a last-ditch bid to avoid the gunman.
Gulser Ali had attended prayers at the Al Noor mosque when the it was stormed by Australian alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant, 28.
As bullets began to ring out, Mr Ali said he tried to flee the scene, but soon realised there was no escape route.
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Gulser Ali (pictured) had attended prayers at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch when the building was stormed by the alleged gunman Brenton Tarrant
He said when the gunshots were first fired, the victims started screaming and attempted to flee.
'I ran from the mosque [and] when the people, they start falling down, I jump over them and then I see no way to go. I don't know where I am going, then I thought, "okay go down, just lie down" and... I lie down and hold my breath,' Mr Ali told https://twitter.com/SundayNightOn7/status/1107222207451881472.
'[I] make my body loose and then for a while, I lie dead like that and then... keep watching with the eyes,' he added.
Another survivor, Nour Travis, said that many worshippers were so scared they were unable to move.
The image shows one of the victims of the shooting being taken away on a stretcher by medical staff
Survivor Nour Travis (pictured) said that many people were so scared they 'froze' unable to move
'They just... yeah, freeze. So some people, they freeze,' he said, adding those people 'didn't make it out'.
A two-year-old boy, meanwhile, was saved from the attack at the Linwood Islamic Centre by his father who threw himself over the youngster and shielded him from a hail of bullets.
Brave Zulfirman was shot several times to his body but shielded his son, Averroes, for enough time for others to chase the gunman away.
Averroes was hit in the leg and buttock by shrapnel but only suffered minor injuries, while his father had to undergo emergency surgery.
A two-year-old boy (pictured centre) was saved from the attack at the Linwood Islamic Centre by his father Zulfirman Syah(pictured left) who threw himself over the youngster (Zulfirman's wife Alta Marie pictured right)
Brave Zulfirman (pictured) was shot several times to his body but shielded his son, Averroes, for enough time for others to chase the gunman away
Zulfirman's wife Alta Marie told the New Zealand Herald: 'My husband shielded our son during the attack at Linwood Islamic Centre, which caused him to receive most of the bullets and much more complex injuries than our son.'
Imam Alabi Lateef Zirullah has for the first time spoken since the deadly shooting left at least six people dead at his mosque.
Worshippers were all about to drop to the floor for the second part of the Muslim prayer service when Brother Lateef spotted the gunman out the front and shouted his warning.
'He saved lots of lives,' a worshipper who survived the Linwood part of the massacre told Daily Mail Australia.
Another survivor Imam Alabi Lateef Zirullah (pictured) has broke his silence for the first time
