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The author of the Friday mbadacre in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, had planned another attack, said police chief Mike Bush.
According to the police, Brenton Tarrant was heading for the third place scheduled for his arrest. The police think they know the third terrorist goal, but Bush refused to give more details as the investigation continued.
New Zealand's premier, Jacinda Ardern, has called for a worldwide fight against the right-wing racist ideology after the Christchurch attack. In an interview with the BBC Ardern recalled that the "attacker" was Australian, but that does not mean we do not have a similar ideology in New Zealand.
"If we want to live in a safe, tolerant and inclusive world, we can not think in terms of borders"Ardern said, calling for a "global" fight against right-wing racism.
Meanwhile, a man accused of sharing the video of the mbadacre was jailed by a judge pending the next court hearing scheduled for mid-April. Philip Arps, 44, will have to answer the distribution of the video and risk being sentenced to more than 14 years in prison. The man made no statement and remained impbadive throughout the hearing.
The judge, Stephen O. Driscoll, denied him bail. The man owns a Christchurch company whose wagons are decorated with neo-Nazi emblems.
New Zealand began Wednesday to bury the first victims of the supremacist attack that caused 50 dead in two mosques in Christchurch and is preparing to take on the Muslim community this Friday, a week after the tragedy.
"We want to show our support to the Muslim community when it returns to the mosques, especially on Friday," said Premier Jacinda Ardern, referring to the Yumu-ah, the prayer that brings Muslims together in their temples. pray shortly after noon this day of the week.
Friday's prayer will be subject to intensive police surveillance following the armed attacks on the Al Noor and Linwood mosques attributed to the Australian Brenton Tarrant, who fired shots at Muslims inside Yumu & Ah, making 50 dead and more hurtful in addition to the other 50.
But it will not be easy and even survivors like Tofazzal Alam, who survived the shooting in Linwood, will not be going to the mosque next Friday.
"I'm very scared, I'm going to pray at home … I know it's very important to pray at the mosque, but if I go, I will not be able to concentrate" said Alam. Radio New Zealand insisting that he will not forget those moments when he seized a teenager and threw himself to the ground "because those who were standing were slaughtered".
To remind us of this tragedy, the worst mbadacre in New York Zealand In his recent history, there will be two minutes of silence on Friday. "We will also make a national broadcast of the call to prayer by TVNZ and Radio New Zealand", explained the Prime Minister.
Ardern, who is now on his second visit to Christchurch (south) since the terrorist attack, has returned to meet relatives of the victims and members of the Muslim community to plan a public tribute, although the date is not yet fixed.
As Christchurch began to return to normal, Memorial Park Cemetery recorded the first burials of the victims in a specially prepared area.
The first was that of Khaled Mustafa, 44, and his son Hamza, 15, who had fled Syria and who had not been in New York for a year. Zealand.
Zaid, his 13 year old son, was in a wheelchair. Looking at his father's grave, he said, "I should not be in front of you, but lie beside you," according to the portal of information. Things.
"Allahu Akbar" ("God is great") sang the crowd, among which was also Abdul Aziz, who faced the attacker in Linwood and managed to avoid more deaths.
On the other side of the Tasman Sea, Australia reacted to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's remarks, which Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison deemed "very offensive".
In an electoral act in which images of the video recorded by the neo-fascist aggressor were shown, Erdogan claimed that if New Zealand he does not punish the author of the attack, of Australian nationality, he will do it in Turkey.
He added that those who visit Turkey with an anti-Muslim attitude will be returned to their coffin "like their grandparents", in reference to the Battle of Gallipoli in which Australian and New Zealand troops were defeated in Turkey during the First World War.
Morrison, who is also expected to face elections in May, has called for consultations with Turkey's ambbadador to Australia, Korhan Karakoç, and has called for a public rectification.
Ardern, meanwhile, has shown his calm and said that the Foreign Minister, Wintson Peters, was going this week to Turkey, where he would clarify the words "face to face", recalling that an official delegation of High level of Ankara was in New York. Zealand in solidarity for the mbadacre, where the Turks died, among other Muslims of different nationalities.
"(Peters) will go there to clarify things, it's an opportunity to seize, we need to make sure that what is reflected is the exact image of New Zealand and New Zealanders. And also from our Muslim community. That's his intention, "Ardern told reporters.
With information from ANSA and AFP
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