Mother Of Christchurch Victim Dies Of Heart Attack After Son’s Funeral

She passed away because she couldn't put up with the sorrow and sadness of losing her son

Islamabad (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News – 24th March, 2019) The mother of a Jordanian man killed in the Christchurch shooting died of a heart attack after she came to attend his funeral.

Kamel Darwish, 38, a dairy farm worker and the married father of three young children, was killed in the Al Noor mosque. He came to New Zealand from Jordan last year to join his older brother. His wife and children had applied for a visa to join him.

His mother, Saud Abdelfattah Mhaisen Adwan, 65, died of a heart attack, said an official from the Sydney-based Jordanian Embassy.

A family friend, Yaser Mohammad, said Darwish's mother arrived from Jordan yesterday.

"She came yesterday to attend the funeral. Apparently this morning she passed away because she couldn't put up with the sorrow and sadness of losing her son."

He said she had another son who lived here too.

"They are arranging to take the coffin back to Jordan".

Adwan is one of several relatives of those shot in the massacre to suffer a heart attack in the following days.