At least 49 dead in supremacist attack on two mosques in New Zealand | Internationale

Around 2 pm local time (2 am on the Spanish mainland), a 28-year-old individual identified by the far right according to Australian media entered the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch and opened fire indiscriminately on the parishioners gathered during the Friday prayer. , according to witnesses. He killed 41 people – there were at least 300 people inside. He had five weapons. The attacker relayed it live on social networks via a camera. In the video says to call Brenton Tarrant. Shortly after the mbadacre, seven other people were shot dead in the Linwood Mosque, five kilometers from the first. The authorities have not confirmed whether the same person carried out the two attacks, which also left more than 40 injured, including 11 in the intensive care unit. One last victim died at the hospital. The Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, badured this Saturday that apparently the weapons had been changed. "In addition, she announced changes to her law on possession of weapons.

Three people were arrested after the attack. Tarrant, whom the police arrested after a car chase, appeared in court on Saturday and was charged with murder. The judge did not allow to see the face of the detainee. The next court hearing was scheduled for April 5th. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described him as an "extremist, right-handed and violent terrorist".

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has not confirmed any of those arrested. This is one of the open debates this Friday in New Zealand: critics criticize the police and intelligence services for focusing solely on investigating possible Islamist attacks and ignoring the growth of far right in the country. Christchurch is considered one of the fertile breeding grounds of the supremacists.

"The time has come to amend our gun ownership legislation," said Ardern. Tarrant obtained a license to possess firearms in November 2017 and began buying weapons in December of the same year.

At least three of the dead have a Bangladeshi pbadport, according to the country's consulate in Auckland. At the start of the shooting, about 20 members of the Bangladesh cricket team were on a bus 50 meters from the Al Noor mosque. It was expected that today they are fighting a match against the New Zealand national team, which has been canceled.

Ardern said at a previous appearance that there could be refugees and migrants among the victims. "It's one of the darkest days in New Zealand's history. It is clear that this can only be described as a terrorist attack. As far as we know, it was well planned, "he said.

Inspiration

In the video of the attack, about 17 minutes, we see how the aggressor, dressed in military uniform, goes to the first mosque, takes two guns from his vehicle and, with one d & # 39; They automatically pull on those who are on the street. and at the entrance to the temple. Once inside, empty up to three chargers. Five minutes later, he returns to his car and changes his weapon. Return to the temple and continue the mbadacre. After getting away with his vehicle, he was intercepted by the agents. New Zealand police acted on Friday to eliminate the video from social networks. Facebook, Twitter and YouTube announced that they were doing it, although several hours after the attack, it was still possible to get access, reported Reuters.

Tarrant is a personal trainer, according to the Australian press. On a Twitter account, which was deleted, he published a manifesto in which he details the reasons that led him to try his luck and explains that he was inspired by Anders. Behring Breivik, the Norwegian who killed 77 people in Oslo in 2011 Utoya This Friday was the deadliest attack on the right since Breivik.

In the manifesto, entitled The Great Substitution, is defined as a "normal white man" with the intention of "committing barbarism to avoid a greater", "to teach the invaders that our land will never be their land, our homeland will never be theirs, at least up to the white man "to live, and that they will never conquer our country and never replace our people." He also cites as inspiration the 2015 mbadacre in a church in Charleston, USA, authored 21-year-old Dylann Roof, who killed nine blacks to promote a racial war, and in 2017 was sentenced to death.

The hardest for New Zealanders will be to digest the loss of innocence supposed to be a peaceful and safe country where nothing happens. As the Prime Minister said, a country "where there is no room for this type of attack". The feeling of support for the Muslim community continued Friday, flooding social networks: "They [las víctimas] they are we We are them. "