Toddler with an old soul: Young victim of NZ attack mourned

Abdifatah Ibrahim, center, and his brother Abdi, right, walk with an unidentified friend in Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, March 17, 2019. Abdifatah and Abdi are the older brothers of three-year-old Mucaad, who is the youngest known victim of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, March 15. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

In this undated photo supplied by Abdi Ibrahim, shows a photo of his three-year-old brother, Mucaad, who is the youngest known victim of the mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday, March 15, 2019. His older brother, Abdi Ibrahim, said police confirmed to the family that the toddler had been killed in the attack. Mucaad was at the Al Noor mosque with Abdi and their father on Friday when a gunman stormed in and began shooting people. (Abdi Ibrahim via AP)

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — He spent just three years on this earth, but in some ways, a friend said, he seemed like an old soul. Before he became the youngest known victim of Christchurch’s mass shooting, 3-year-old Mucaad Ibrahim had possessed an intelligence beyond his years, and an affinity for his elders.

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