New Zealand: Terrorist attack live: 49 dead after the murder of an "extremist" Australian shipowner in two mosques



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New Zealand shooting live: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced that 40 people were killed in the mbad shootings in two mosques in Christchurch on Friday, adding that four suspects were in detention. The New Zealand police commissioner then announced that the death toll was 49 dead. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the gunman who killed many worshipers was a right-wing extremist of Australian nationality. According to local media, the shooter reportedly broadcast live the entire incident on Facebook. Witnesses told the media that a man dressed in a military-style camouflage uniform and carrying an automatic rifle had started firing at random at people.

A Bangladeshi journalist, Mohammad Isam, said in a tweet that the entire Bangladesh cricket team was among those who had escaped from the mosque near Hagley Park, where the shooting had taken place. "The Bangladesh team has escaped from a mosque near Hagley Park where there were active shooters and they ran through Hagley Park to return to the oval," he writes.

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