Massacre in New Zealand: all you need to know about the worst shot in the history of the country – 15/03/2019

Hell broke out in the middle of a Friday of prayer in two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. the worst mbad shot in the history of the country. The balance: 49 dead, 48 wounded, four arrested (one later released) and one of them an Australian almost 30 years old (whose identity was not revealed) accused of homicide.

Authorities have also disabled two explosive devices who were hidden in a car.

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The Prime Minister Jacidna Arden He described the mbadacre as one of the darkest days in the country and said that "the attack seems to have been well planned"

The attacks took place in broad daylight shortly before two o'clock in the afternoon local time and at times when hundreds of Muslims performed the Friday prayer. In all Two mosques were attacked. 41 people died in the Al Noor Mosque, near the Botanical Garden, and 7 others in the Linwood Mosque, about 6.5 kilometers east of the first.

Another person died later in a hospital where about 48 people were treated, including children, by gunshot.

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The first report of an attack came from the Al Noor Mosque in downtown Christchurch.

A second mosque in the suburb of Linwood was evacuated, but less details are known about what happened there. It is at this point that the police deactivated two bombs concealed in a car.

The exact sequence of the attack in both mosques remains unclear. And much of what we know comes from the story of the witness.

The attack of Al Noor was broadcast on video for 17 minutes by the attacker. You can see on the images how the individual crosses the corridors of the mosque and fires point-blank with semi-automatic weapons against helpless people.

L & # 39; striker spend more than two minutes inside the mosque to shoot again and again against parochial terrorists, sometimes shooting at people who were already down.

Then he goes out into the street, where he shoots people on the sidewalk. There are cries of boys in the distance when he returns to his car to look for another rifle.

"There was a bench, I put half of my body underneath and my legs were left out, I tried to give the impression that I was not breathing anymore and (l & # 39; striker) changed the chargers seven times … He went into different compartments and shot everywhere, "Farid Ahmed told reporters.

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The Bangladesh National Cricket Team escaped shooting in one of the two mosques unscathed because "the attack took place before reaching the site," said Bangladesh Cricket Board Executive Director Nizamuddin. Chowdhury.

The aggressor, who wore military clothes and published on social media a manifesto with pejorative labels against Muslims, would have Brenton Tarrant, a Australian citizen of 28 years from the city of Grafton. But the authorities have not confirmed whether this man was arrested and charged.

In fact, the New Zealand Police Commissioner, Mike Bush, has refused to identify the aggressor, claiming that he "was almost thirty years old and that he will appear in court tomorrow ( Saturday) "to answer murder charges for each and every one of them. one of the victims.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison also declined to give the name of the accused but confirmed that he was Australian and described him as a "far right" terrorist. .

Yes, the detention of four armed persons has been confirmed. Three of them would be related to the attack, which includes the Australian. another who has been released.

None of these people were on the list of New Zealand suspects.

During the night, Bush said that "there are no other threats since we reacted to these incidents".

In the midst of horror and international condemnation, Christchurch died Thursday in mourning after the "darkest day" and recalled an old antecedent, in 1943, when 48 Japanese had been killed during a riot in a prisoner of war camp.

Source: agencies, BBC News and zherald.co.nz

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