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As Families Learn Fates Of Loved Ones, New Zealand Mourns Christchurch Victims

A 3-year-old girl is feared dead after Friday's attack. New Zealand's prime minister has said most of the victims may be migrants and refugees.
Residents pay their respects by placing flowers for the victims of the mosques attacks in Christchurch.

Updated at 7:33 p.m. ET

People from at least half a dozen countries and young children were among the 50 people killed in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday.

Some families and friends of the missing continued to wait for information about their loved ones as night fell on Saturday local time and a tight-knit community of Muslims mourned alongside the country and the world.

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