A popular and respected father-of-two who worked as an engineer for Air New Zealand is among those killed at the Deans Ave mosque.
Air New Zealand has confirmed Lilik Abdul Hamid, an aircraft maintenance engineer in Christchurch, was in the mosque at the time of the attacks.
He was married with two children.
![Lilik Abdul Hamid was a father of two.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/5EH56IPYOUVBOQ7HN3V5ZDAQVQ.jpg?auth=c13754205ef8705c65b5dd29ada1a20e85355d5310d1626998fdfe09f7642aaf&width=16&height=16&quality=70&smart=true)
Air NZ chief executive officer Christopher Luxon said the airline was devastated to lose one of its team.