'It is clear that this is one of New Zealand’s darkest days,' Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.
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"It is clear that this is one of New Zealand's darkest days," Ardern said."Clearly, what has happened here is an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence." Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand on March 15, 2019.Witness Len Peneha said he saw a man dressed in black enter the Masjid Al Noor mosque and then heard dozens of shots, followed by people running from the mosque in terror, the Associated Press reported.
What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence. It has no place in New Zealand. Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities – New Zealand is their home – they are us.A member of the mosque told local media at the scene that he was in a side room where the imam was speaking and it was peaceful and quiet when"suddenly the shooting started." He did not see the shooter, but saw people running.
The manifesto includes anti-Muslim rhetoric, far right and far left political sentiment and references to radicalization via the internet. "They have chosen to make New Zealand their home, and it is their home. They are us. The person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not,” she said.
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