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Christchurch shootings at two mosques leave 49 dead, Australian arrested in relation to terror attack
At least one gunman with a semi-automatic weapon attacked worshippers gathering for Friday prayers in two locations: a mosque at Deans Avenue in central Christchurch and another mosque in the nearby suburb of Linwood.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed one of the people taken into custody was an Australian-born citizen.
The ABC has identified Grafton man Brenton Tarrant as the man visible in livestreamed footage of the attack.
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Two improvised explosive devices (IEDs) were found on a nearby vehicle, but defence force officers disarmed one and are still working on disarming the second.
stuff.co.nz - Black Caps v Bangladesh [cricket] test cancelled after gunmen attack Christchurch mosques
The test match between the Black Caps and Bangladesh will not go ahead.
The Bangladesh cricket team escaped the Christchurch mosque near Hagley Park where a mass shooting took place on Friday. They were due to play New Zealand a short distance away at Hagley Oval on Saturday.
stuff.co.nz - live coverage
* A gunman walked into a mosque on Deans Ave, Christchurch carrying a semi-automatic weapon and opened fire. He live streamed the attack.
* A second shooting occurred at a mosque in Linwood.
* At least 49 people were dead as of 9pm - 41 at the Central Mosque, 7 at Linwood Mosque, 1 in Christchurch Hospital.
* 48 people are in hospital with gunshots wounds as of 9pm, including young children. Other injured went to medical centres.
* A 28-year-old man has been charged with murder and is due to appear in the Christchurch District Court on Saturday morning.
* He was arrested on Brougham St in a car which had explosives and guns inside.
El Grauniad - Rightwing extremist wrote manifesto before livestreaming Christchurch shooting
The man who livestreamed himself attacking a Christchurch mosque and murdering at least 40 people identified himself online before the rampage as Australian citizen Brenton Tarrant.
On a now-deleted Twitter account, Tarrant posted multiple photos of what appear to be machine gun magazines and a link to what is being described as a manifesto for his actions.
The 74-page document starts off quoting a Dylan Thomas poem, Do not go gentle into that good night, and then moves onto a rant about white genocide.
Tarrant outlines his motivations: including to “create an atmosphere of fear” and to “incite violence” against Muslims while offering up autobiographical details.
(Score: 1, Interesting) by realDonaldTrump on Friday March 15 2019, @09:48PM
I'll say this, terrorism has many sides. Many forms. And I'm against all forms of terrorism. The bad, and the good. The Muslim, the anti Muslim, and the everything else. We're fighting all of them, very successfully. We did Travel Ban, we cut down tremendously on the Terror Tourists coming into our Country. And we'll be looking into, do we need to put Australia onto Travel Ban, until such time as our Country's leaders can figure out what the hell is going on. There are good Dictators. There are bad Dictators. And Malcolm Turnbull, unfortunately, was one of the bad ones. Australians, very bravely, took back their country. Overthrew Malcolm. Restored "democracy." But, many of them are still very damaged from the Malcolm years. We must be very careful. And we're being very careful. We're doing Travel Ban, as I said. We're doing Extreme Vetting. And we're building Wall (Barrier) as fast as we can. We could build it much faster if we had the rest of the $25 billion. Australia, as everyone knows, is south of us. So most of the Australians that enter our Country are coming in through our Southern Border. Together with unknown, but large numbers of Middle Easterners. They could apply for asylum in Mexico, or the first country they come to. But, Mexico doesn't want them, why would Mexico want them? So they go through Mexico, they apply with us. And we're trying to make it as difficult as possible, some still get approved. Some get in. Which, unfortunately, is what happened in New Zealand. And they get in whether we want them to or not. We can't control our Borders. Because Wall is not finished. MUST FINISH WALL!!!