![]() ![]() ![]() Police did not immediately say whether the same person was responsible for both shootings. Several more worshippers were killed in an attack on a second mosque in the city a short time later.Īt least 48 people were wounded, some critically, authorities said. ![]() Using what may have been a helmet camera, he livestreamed to the world in graphic detail his rampage at Christchurch’s Al Noor Mosque, where at least 41 people were killed as he sprayed them with bullets over and over, sometimes firing at victims he had already cut down. The gunman behind at least one of the mosque shootings left a 74-page manifesto that he posted on social media under the name Brenton Tarrant, identifying himself as a 28-year-old Australian and white nationalist who was out to avenge attacks in Europe perpetrated by Muslims. New Zealand is also generally considered to be welcoming to migrants and refugees. The cold-blooded attack shocked people across the nation of 5 million people, a country that has relatively loose gun laws but few gun homicides and is so peaceful police officers rarely carry firearms. She pronounced it “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” A look at attacks on houses of worship over the last decade.Mosque shooter a white nationalist seeking revenge. ![]()
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