Officers from the Armed Offenders Squad push back members of the public following the shooting. Photo: Reuters
New Zealand shooting: Christchurch mosque gunman posted racist manifesto online before rampage
- Entitled ‘The Great Replacement’, the document said the gunman had wanted to attack Muslims
- He said that key point in his radicalisation was the defeat of the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen in 2017 polls
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Officers from the Armed Offenders Squad push back members of the public following the shooting. Photo: Reuters
Ambulance staff attend to a victim. Photo: AP
New Zealand shooting: 49 killed, more than 40 wounded in mass shootings at Christchurch mosques
- A rifle-wielding gunman opened fire at two Christchurch mosques on Friday in New Zealand's worst ever mass shooting. A man in his late 20s has been charged with murder
- The gunman reportedly published a racist manifesto on social media before the attacks. He then live-streamed his rampage.
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Ambulance staff attend to a victim. Photo: AP