By Brittany Chain For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 01:28 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 01:28 GMT, 19 March 2019
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The hero who tried to wrestle the gun from the Christchurch mosque shooter's hands before he was killed has been immortalised in a mural.
Naeem Rashid died in hospital from wounds related to the shooting at Al Noor mosque on Friday.
The father tried to save other worshippers by launching himself at alleged gunman, 28-year-old Australian man Brenton Tarrant, in an attempt to disarm him.
The hero who tried to wrestle the gun from the Christchurch mosque shooter's hands before he was killed has been immortalised in a mural
Kiwi artist Paul Walsh has since commemorated Mr Rashid in an enormous mural on display in Auckland, on New Zealand's north island.
He said