Brother's teasing before NZ mosque shooting proved prophetic

She wonders now if that moment was a prophecy, if her brother somehow knew it was the last time they'd see each other.

Or maybe he was just teasing her, like he always did.

But whatever the whole thing meant, Aya al-Umari likes to believe it was her brother's way of saying goodbye.

It was Thursday, the evening before a white supremacist stormed into the mosque where Hussein al-Umari was praying, killing the 35-year-old in New Zealand's deadliest mass shooting in modern history.

Hussein had joined his sister Aya and their parents for dinner. And he was fixated on Aya's new shirt.

It was just a simple cream-colored T-shirt. But on the front were three words: "See You Bye."
Every time she passed him, he'd chirp: "Hey, that's a nice top!"
"I understand the police need to do their job because it's a crime scene, but you need to communicate with the families."