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posted by martyb on Friday March 15 2019, @07:51PM   Printer-friendly

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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.

Also on BBC, Aljazeera, CNN


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @09:52PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @09:52PM (#815107)

    I have to say this one is. I've read Elliot Rodger's manifesto, and it was much more coherent than this piece. I was surprised that George Soros wasn't mentioned. He did talk about the "resurrected Knights Templar" and "Knight Justiciar Breivik" giving him "the blessing for this attack".

    MSM will be sure to try to link it with Trump, who got a brief mention. Some of the partisan trash here is already running off on those lines.

    Thanks to loorg for posting the link, before our "gatekeepers" had a chance to hide it.

  • (Score: 2) by looorg on Friday March 15 2019, @10:08PM (1 child)

    by looorg (578) on Friday March 15 2019, @10:08PM (#815119)

    "But I have only had brief contact with Knight Justiciar Breivik, receiving a blessing for my mission after contacting his brother knights."

    If I'm reading this correctly he claims to have been in contact with Breivik, even tho only briefly. Basically he would have to have been penpals with Anders? And he isn't on some kind of watch-list after that? Or should that be interpreted as the brother knights on behalf of Breivik sanctioning it? Either way it brings up this Knights Templar idea or fantasy. Breivik wrote a fair bit about it and claimed to be part of it but I guess it was always assumed that it was mostly a complete fabrication and part of his own imagination. So shared fantasies or actual people?

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @10:24PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @10:24PM (#815128)

      I understood out of that, that he contacted some people who called themselves the Knights Templar, who put him in contact with Breivik, and the two then phoned/wrote each other.

      Norway may have been honoring Breivik's (and this guy's) privacy, but intelligence agencies are probably going to have some questions and "suggestions" to the Norwegian prison service.

  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Saturday March 16 2019, @02:21AM (5 children)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Saturday March 16 2019, @02:21AM (#815213) Journal

    O'Crazio-Cortez already linked it to the NRA and to people who use phrases like "thoughts and prayers". https://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2019/03/luis-valdes/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-attacks-the-nra-for-the-new-zealand-mosque-shootings/ [thetruthaboutguns.com]

    • (Score: 3, Touché) by aristarchus on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:22AM (4 children)

      by aristarchus (2645) on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:22AM (#815251) Journal

      Shut the fuch up, Runaway, or I will start a prayer circle aimed in your general direction. We will pray you grow a brain. Unfortunately, we are all atheists.

      • (Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @04:54AM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @04:54AM (#815305)

        Can atheists have morals?
        Sure. You can build a house without a foundation. Just hope for no earthquakes.

        • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @11:20AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @11:20AM (#815394)

          Only atheists can have morals, religious nutjobs just follow commands.

        • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:58PM

          by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:58PM (#815527) Journal

          Wheee, moral epistemology! Tell us where morals come from, O Believer. I may not be an atheist but I know for damn sure the answer isn't "the Abrahamic God."

          --
          I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
      • (Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:08AM

        by Azuma Hazuki (5086) on Saturday March 16 2019, @05:08AM (#815314) Journal

        Even if you weren't, not for nothing is it said "against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain."

        --
        I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...