<p class="title">Tearful rugby star Sonny Bill Williams said he hoped the victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre were in "paradise" in an emotional video tribute on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The devout Muslim, wearing a skull cap, wiped away tears several times in the brief footage which he filmed sitting in a car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police reported multiple deaths in attacks on two crowded mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch, where Williams played for the Crusaders earlier in his career.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just heard the news. I couldn't put it into words how I'm feeling right now," the World Cup-winning All Blacks centre said in the video posted on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Inshallah (God willing) everyone who's been killed today... you guys are all in paradise," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just deeply, deeply saddened that this would happen in New Zealand."</p>
<p class="title">Tearful rugby star Sonny Bill Williams said he hoped the victims of the Christchurch mosque massacre were in "paradise" in an emotional video tribute on Friday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The devout Muslim, wearing a skull cap, wiped away tears several times in the brief footage which he filmed sitting in a car.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Police reported multiple deaths in attacks on two crowded mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch, where Williams played for the Crusaders earlier in his career.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just heard the news. I couldn't put it into words how I'm feeling right now," the World Cup-winning All Blacks centre said in the video posted on Twitter.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Inshallah (God willing) everyone who's been killed today... you guys are all in paradise," he added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Just deeply, deeply saddened that this would happen in New Zealand."</p>