New Zealand police say death toll from terror attack on Christchurch mosques has risen to 50.
has risen to 50, New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush said during a press conference on Saturday.“As of last night we were able to take all of the victims from both of those scenes and in doing so we have located a further victim,” Bush said.
Bush added that the number of those injured was also 50, with 36 people hospitalized, which included one child.and charged with murder in the shooting, Bush said, adding that the man would appear in court on April 5. Three other people were also arrested after the shooting. One woman was released without charges, and a man, who was in possession of a gun, has been charged with firearm offenses, according to Bush. They are not believed to have been involved in the attack, Bush said.
Another 18-year-old man was arrested and will appear in court, Bush said, but added that the arrest was"tangentially related" and that the man was not believed to have been involved with the shooting.
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