He had live-streamed the first shooting on Facebook, and prior to the attack, had published an online manifesto both the video and manifesto were subsequently banned in New Zealand and Australia. He was described in media reports as a white supremacist. The gunman, 28-year-old Brenton Harrison Tarrant from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, was arrested after his vehicle was rammed by a police unit as he was driving to a third mosque in Ashburton. 51 people were killed and 40 were injured. The attacks, carried out by a lone gunman who entered both mosques during Friday prayer, began at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of Riccarton at 1:40 pm and continued at the Linwood Islamic Centre at 1:52 pm. On 15 March 2019, two consecutive mass shootings occurred in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole 223-caliber Mossberg Predator bolt-action rifle 12-gauge Ranger 870 pump-action shotgun.12-gauge Mossberg 930 semi-automatic shotgun.Police said four people - three men and a woman - had been taken into custody, and that they had found and neutralised a number of IEDS (improved explosive devices).Ī Palestinian man who was in one of the mosques said he saw someone being shot in the head.Mass shooting, terrorist attack, shooting spree, mass murder, right-wing terrorism, hate crime Witnesses spoke of seeing bloodied bodies, with children also believed to be among the dead, and police warned of 'extremely distressing footage' of the incident circulating on the internet. New Zealand mosque shooting video being removed from internet 'From what we know, it does appear to have been well planned,' she said, adding that in addition to the dead another 20 people were seriously injured.

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern said attacks on two Christchurch mosques have left at least 40 dead Friday. CHRISTCHURCH: One of the gunmen, Brenton Tarrant, live streamed the audacious attack on the Muslim worshipers on Facebook with a camera fitted to his helmet.īangladesh cricket team escapes Christchurch mosque shooting nine killed

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