Pakistani Chandana Ambrin has been deeply suffering since her husband Naim Rashid and her son Talha, 21, were killed in a terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch in March. But she hopes to have her wound alleviated during her holy pilgrimage to Mekka this year, at the invitation of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdul Aziz which included all the families of victims and those wounded in the massacres of New Zealand. She told Asharq Al-Awsat: “The invitation was a call to heal and alleviate the pain of the deep wound I suffered following the loss of my husband and son.” She said that her husband “was striving hard to collect money to perform Hajj.” But this was far from being achieved, given the circumstances in which the family lived. “Now, that intention has been fulfilled.” On Thursday, a number of victims of the massacre of the two mosques will begin to perform Hajj rituals in Saudi Arabia as part of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques’ Hajj program. Saudi Ambassador to New Zealand Abdul Rahman Al-Suhaibani told Asharq Al-Awsat that the procedures for hosting the pilgrims were fully prepared in accordance with the directives of King Salman. Shehadeh al-Sinawi, who came from Nablus in Palestine to New Zealand more than two decades ago, decided that he would fulfill the royal call for Hajj despite his wounds. In comments to Asharq Al-Awsat, he said that he was injured by two bullets in the left thigh, which broke the leg bone and cut off the main nerve, causing a disability that could extend to more than three years. However, he would be provided by a wheelchair through the Hajj program. However, other victims were less fortunate, as the severity of the injury prevented them from traveling to perform the Hajj. Hassan Rupel, an immigrant from Bangladesh, said that despite the great impact of the accident on his health and his inability to take advantage of this year’s Hajj, “the royal call created a state of happiness for all the families of the victims.” “It showed that the Kingdom is close to the Muslims and spares no effort to help them and provide them with priceless assistance and services,” he said.