By Daniel Piotrowski In Christchurch For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 05:51 GMT, 19 March 2019 | Updated: 05:51 GMT, 19 March 2019
A Christchurch welder shot dead in the mosque massacre was excited to become a new father - but has now tragically left behind his pregnant wife.
Mohammed Omar Faruk, 36, was the breadwinner for his family back in Bangladesh following the recent death of his father.
But Bangladeshi embassy officials and police have confirmed Mr Faruk was among those killed by a crazed gunman at the Al Moor mosque at Friday prayers last week.
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Mohammed Omar Faruk, 36, who was shot dead in Friday's mosque massacre, was excited to become a new father - but has now tragically left behind his pregnant wife
Mr Faruk was shot dead inside the Al Noor mosque (pictured) during daily prayers. Friends said the soon-to-be father's phone kept ringing hours after the massacre, giving them false hope he was alive
'He went to Bangladesh last December… we have information that his wife is pregnant,' said Tareq Ahmed, the deputy commissioner of the Bangladeshi High Commission.
Mr Faruk's distraught friends said his phone kept ringing hours after the massacre on Saturday.
'There was a hope he was still alive,' said Md. (Mohamed) Medhi, Mr Faruk's flat-mate in Christchurch.
But it was not to be, with police informing his friends that evening that his name had been listed among the dead.
Mr Faruk's friends quickly told his family back home, so not to leave them with false hope.
His wife is three-months-pregnant.
Mr Faruk arrived in New Zealand on a skilled migration visa about three years ago after years working in Singapore.
Shattered mourners have continued to visit the makeshift memorials outside the Al Noor and Linwood mosques (Pictured is an emotional woman on Monday at the scene of the first shooting)
