49 shot dead in attack on two Christchurch mosques

Christchurch shooting

Forty-nine people have been shot dead and 48 injured in attacks targeting on Muslims at two mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch, in the most mass shooting in New Zealand’s history.

The prime minister Jacinda Ardern depicted the abomination as a terrorist attack and said Friday had been one of New Zealand’s darkest days. Police commissioner Mike Bush said dangerous gadgets in a car had been defused and urged all mosques across the country to close their entryways for now.

A man in his late 20s was captured and accused of murder. He will show up in court on Saturday morning. Two other armed suspects were being held in guardianship. Police said they were attempting to decide how they may be included.

Police have not named any of the suspects but a man identifying himself as Brenton Tarrant a 28-year-old born in Australia broadcast live stream footage on Facebook appearing him driving to a mosque, entering and shooting haphazardly at people inside.

New Zealand’s whole police weapons store and personnel were conveyed throughout the country and en masse in Christchurch, the South Island’s biggest city, which is known to have a functioning racial oppressor subculture.

Hotels in the internal city stationed security guards at their doorways and armed police protected landmarks of noteworthiness, including the courthouse and Christchurch hospital which is believed to have been a further target. A Christchurch representative told local media police were concerned the suspects had plans to target the victims of the mosque attack as they were transported to the emergency clinic.

A “manifesto” was posted online before the attacks in which the presumed gunman espoused far-right and anti-immigrant ideology.

According to US States World, The Australian prime minister Scott Morrison called the massacre a “conservative radical attack” and said one speculate was Australian-born without giving further details. Ardern condemned the ideology of the people behind the shootings, saying: “You may have chosen us but we utterly dismiss and condemn you.”

New Zealand’s danger level has been raised from low to high. None of the suspects were on oppression watchlists, Ardern said.

“It was peaceful,  as it is when the sermon starts you could hear a pin drop. Then suddenly the shooting started,” he said. “I saw about 20-plus people, some were dead, some were screaming. On the left there were 10+ people some were dead.”

The killer or killers then moved on to the Linwood mosque and killed a further 10 people.

As nightfall fell, people got away from two shootings returned to the scene, where they held up at the police cordon in an attempt to reach an unknown number of people yet being held in a back room of Al Noor mosque where 30 people were killed in the first attack. Ten people were later executed at the Linwood Islamic Centre four miles (6km) away.

Relatives of those inside assessed 100 people remained bolted inside the mosque.

A stream of occupants remained with the victims keeping vigil, rubbing their shoulders, offering food and logistical support. 

We’re so sorry they rehashed, and “This is not us, this is not New Zealand.” By US States World Some in the run of the mill fashion were using black humour, evidently as a coping mechanism in the midst of a staggering disaster.

'Where are we safe at this point?' 

US States World Hassan, 29, a Sri Lankan Muslim who has lived in New Zealand for the half year, said he came to the country for its “peace, and because there are no wars”. He didn't wish to give his last name.

He was at the Linwood mosque’s Friday prayer service when the shooting started and hit the floor as ladies around him ascended and shouted at the gunmen “Don't come here,” some of them charging towards the shooter.

“The shooter was shouting a lot and waving the weapon in every direction, shooting, shooting, shooting he said. “I don’t know who of my friends is in any condition. I am waiting for Police told me: ‘I am sorry this is the first time this has ever occurred in this nation.’”

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has asked Australians in Christchurch to follow the guidelines of local authorities but has not changed its travel advice from normal safety insurances.

As the swell of relatives members grew outside the cordon at Al Noor mosque, local Christchurch occupants started strolling to the scene by walking, conveying flowers and laying them underneath a tree, and approaching survivors offering assistance.

By US States World Somewhere else, Christchurch appeared to be shockingly left, the bars and restaurants that would usually be clamoring on a Friday closed as the city grieved.