'There's shooting here, please save us'

In New Zealand !

www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26270448...-here-please-save-us

My day began looking for injury updates on Kane Willliamson, BJ Watling, Tamim Iqbal and Mushfiqur Rahim.

There was a Test due to start tomorrow and my mind was focused on who
was going to play and who'd be missing out.

Eight hours later, I would be at a friend's house in Christchurch

trying to make sense of the worst terrorist attack in New Zealand's history.

1.52pm: I get a call from Tamim Iqbal, one of the senior-most cricketers in the team, as I'm leaving the Hagley Oval.

He's calling me for help. "There's shooting here, please save us."

I first think that he is playing a prank but he hangs up and calls again - this time, his voice starts to crack.

He says that I should call the police as there's a shooting going on inside the mosque where they are about to enter.

1.56pm: I start running towards the mosque when I spot the Bangladesh team bus.

There are a few police cars around, and a couple of ambulances.
Some people are standing around, wondering what had happened near that intersection.

But when I look to my right, towards the entrance of a motel, it becomes clear

There's a body on the ground, being attended to by paramedics.

There's blood everywhere

2.00pm: I see one man running towards me, crying, and holding his arm.
I keep walking fast towards the bus when I see a line of Bangladesh players running away from the bus.

I cross the road, and as I get close, Ebadot Hossain grabs me by the arm and tells me to run with them.

At this point I still have no idea what actually has happened;

I don't even know if the team was the target of the attack.

5.00pm:

The tour is called off by New Zealand Cricket

after consultation with the Bangladesh Cricket Board

and the ICC.

"If we had arrived there even five minutes earlier

we would all be killed."

49 murdered while praying on Jummah

inside the Masjid ~

Allah help us all !

40 Injured some in critical situation ....

www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/26281240...st-matter-30-seconds

The plan was to go to the team hotel after prayers, which is why Shree
(team analyst Shrinivas Chandrasekaran) and Soumya Sarkar :
both are Hindu, were with us.

On our way to the airport, we were telling each other that if things had gone wrong by even a little bit
it would have been our dead bodies, not us, going home.
It was just a matter of 30 seconds.