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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.
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* 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: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @10:40PM (9 children)
That comment is not insightful. I won't feel the slightest twinge of sympathy for a Nazi getting punched, but I won't feel any guilt for the puncher to get charged with assault. Do not normalize violence as a means of handling arguments, no matter how shitty the other person is.
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 15 2019, @10:47PM (6 children)
It's not torture it's ... ENHANCED INTERROGATION!!1
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @01:50AM (5 children)
Punching Nazis in the face is not an argument or disagreement, it is just how you say "hello" to Nazis. It is always polite to talk to people in the language they understand. Punching Nazis is a greeting!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @02:14AM (3 children)
I can't wait till one of you Antifa idiots assault someone with a CCW and wins a free trip to the morgue. No doubt assholes like you will race to social media howling like monkeys, but the rest of us will be smirking at the Darwin Award winner.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:09AM (1 child)
Someone with a CCW? Classic Country-Western? On the radio of their compensating coal-rolling 4x4 pick-em-up truck, with the loser Confederate flag? Fucking Country Nazis! Sgt. York has something for you.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @04:12AM
Counter clock-wise, or the trigonometric sense. It makes sense.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:12AM
So these are the dreams of Nazis? Hitler would roll over in his grave.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @03:01PM
Awkward! [youtube.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday March 16 2019, @08:24AM (1 child)
A Nazi has the right to their opinion. Just as muslims can walk around telling people they are going to conquer the world. You can't physically assault someone just because they are offensive or insane.
However, if they attack you first or engage in behaviour which counts as an attack then sure defend yourself to the limit the law allows and have them dragged in front of a court to face justice.
Unless they take over the country in which case we're screwed.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 19 2019, @01:09AM
No, they do not. They have a right to medical treatment in a Soviet Gulag, or an American one. Of Spandau prison, for life. Nazis never surrendered, they are still in a state of war with the rest of the world, the whole world. Kind of what happens when you loose a World War, against the Whole World. So their opinions are not right, because they are crimes against humanity, as we determined by a Judicial Procedure of the International Tribunal at Nuremberg. So Nazis do not have rights to their opinion, because their opinion is a crime and an act of aggressive war, and a crime against the peace, and just really factually incorrect and stupid. This is why they need to be punched in the face, to get their attention and see if they realize what they are saying.