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FA to pay Wembley tribute to Christchurch attack victims

Flowers and messages are seen at the memorial site for the victims of Friday's shooting, outside Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand March 19, 2019 [Courtesy]

The Football Association (FA) has said a tribute will be paid to the victims of the mass shooting in Christchurch before England’s European Championship qualifier against Czech Republic at Wembley Stadium on Friday.

Fifty people died in the attack on two mosques in New Zealand. Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, has been charged with murder over the shootings.

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