Mourning community gave gathered at East Linwood's Cemetery Memorial Park since this morning to participate in the first burial of victims of Christchurch mosque shooting.
The first burial is of an ill-fated Father-son duo, Khaled Mustafa and his son, Hamza, 14.
Members of community and volunteers who have come from all around the places including overseas have gathered together in the burial ground and waiting anxiously for the bodies to arrive.
Our sources have told that the washing of bodies - a religious practice in Islam (Ghusl) is being done by volunteers at a different funeral home.
They are expected to arrive at any moment in Memorial Park Cemetery.
More to come