The toll of the victims of the attack on two mosques in New Zealand increases to 50

The anguished family members were anxiously awaiting the handing over of the victims of the mbadacres in two mosques on Sunday, while the police announced that the number of victims of the racist attacks reached 50 people.

Anxious family members wanted the authorities to hand over the remains of the victims of the killings to two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Sunday, while police said the number of victims of the racist attacks would be increased to 50. .

According to Islamic law, corpses should be cleaned and buried as soon as possible, usually within 24 hours. But two days after the worst terrorist attack in New Zealand's modern history, parents still do not know when to bury their loved ones.

Police Commissioner Mike Bush said the authorities were working with pathologists and medical examiners to deliver the bodies as quickly as possible.

"We have to be absolutely sure of the cause of death and confirm their identity before it happens," he said. "But we are also very conscious of cultural and religious needs, so we do it in the quickest and most sensitive way possible."

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said that a small number of bodies would be handed over to families Sunday night, and authorities hope to have completed the process by Wednesday.

Police said they gave families a preliminary list of people who died, which helped some family members who were still waiting for news.

The magnitude of the tragedy and the task that remains to be accomplished were highlighted by the arrival of followers from across the country to participate in the funeral of Christchurch. The authorities have mobilized backhoes to open new graves in an area of ​​Muslim tombs already fenced and protected from the eyes of the curious by a white net.

The shooting suspect, white supremacist Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, appeared Saturday in an audience hall amid heavy security, chained and dressed in a white prison uniform. He showed no emotion when the judge read him a murder charge, after which he stated that "it is reasonable to badume" that they would be inflicted more on him.

Prior to the mbadacres, Tarrant had posted a confused 74-page manifesto on social media and had apparently used a camera headset to broadcast it live.

Ardern noted that the attacker had sent the document via email to his office nine minutes before the attack, although he did not receive it personally. His office was one of 30 mail recipients, who had been sent to the Department of Parliamentary Security just two minutes after receiving it.

At a press conference Sunday, Bush said another body had been found in Al Noor Mosque when the latest victims had been kidnapped, bringing to 42 the death toll in that temple. Seven others lost their lives at the Linwood Mosque and another died later at the Christchurch Hospital.

According to the authorities, 34 other wounded were still admitted to the city's hospital, including 12 in critical condition. A 4-year-old girl from Auckland Children's Hospital was also seriously injured.

Dozens of people gathered in a reception center for victims, families and friends in front of the hospital, and many flew from other parts of the country to lend their support .

After the Friday prayers mbadacres, Arden reiterated at a press conference Sunday his promise to amend the country 's gun laws. Your government will discuss the details of the policy on Monday.

AP Agency.

(Clarin)