Candlelight vigil in Greensburg held for victims of New Zealand mosque shootings

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Candlelight vigil in Greensburg held for victims of New Zealand mosque shootings

Tony LaRussa | Sunday, March 17, 2019 5:11 p.m.

A girl walks to lay flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, March 17, 2019. New Zealand’s stricken residents reached out to Muslims in their neighborhoods and around the country on Saturday, in a fierce determination to show kindness to a community in pain as a 28-year-old white supremacist stood silently before a judge, accused in mass shootings at two mosques that left dozens of people dead.

A candlelight vigil is being held at 7 p.m. Sunday at the Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg to mourn the victims of Friday’s mass shooting at two mosque in New Zealand.

“Vigil Against Hate: Remembering the Victims of the New Zealand Mosque Shootings” will be held in south parking lot of the museum, located at 221 N. Main Street.

The vigil is expected to last about an hour.

Authorities in New Zealand say white supremacist Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, killed 50 people on Friday at a two mosques in Christchurch.

The slayings are New Zealand’s deadliest shooting in modern history.

“We condemn violence, xenophobia and bigotry of any kind and stand united with the families of the victims and with the Muslim community in Westmoreland County,” organizers wrote in a news release announcing tonight’s vigil.”Let us take this opportunity to show our solidarity with the victims and encourage love.”

Organizers are seeking donations of candles to be used at the vigil as well as volunteers willing to assist with set up and tear down.

Donations also are being collected online to assist the families of the victims.

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