New Zealanders gather in show of support to Muslim community one week since a terrorist attack on two mosques killed 50 worshippers
People pray during the burial ceremony of a victim of the mosque attacks, at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand March 21, 2019. People across New Zealand will listen to the Muslim call to prayer on Friday as the nation marks one week since a terrorist attacked two mosques and killed 50 people.
Ardern added that high-capacity magazines and devices similar to bump stocks - which can make rifles fire faster - will also be outlawed. In a 74-page manifesto he released before the attack, Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant said he was going to attack mosques in Christchurch and Linwood, and then one in the town of Ashburton if he made it that far.
Several mounds of dirt piled high marked the site of multiple graves which will be used for New Zealand's worst mass shooting. The family arrived last year as refugees from the Syrian maelstrom only to find tragedy in a land where they had sought sanctuary.Khalid leaves behind a wife, daughter and son Zaid, 13, who was wounded in the shootings but survived.Zaid Mustafa sits in his wheelchair and prays for his brother Hamza and father Khalid at their funeral at the Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 20, 2019. Zaid was injured during the shooting.
"He sought many things from his act of terror, but one was notoriety," she told assembled lawmakers of the 28-year-old Australian accused of the slaughter.He is a terrorist. He is a criminal. He is an extremist. But he will, when I speak, be nameless." "On Friday, it will be a week since the attack, members of the Muslim community will gather for worship on that day. Let us acknowledge their grief as they do."Gunman in New Zealand's mosque attacks, Brenton Tarrant, is lucid and understands the situation facing him, the lawyer assigned to handle his case told media on Monday.
His mother and a brother have left for New Zealand as his family has decided to bury him in Christchurch.Tarrant visited Hungary and Israel The centre says it is still investigating what Tarrant did and where he went while he was in Hungary.The Australian national entered Israel in October 2016 on a three-month tourist visa and stayed for nine days, an official with Israel's Population and Immigration Authority told Reuters.
The purpose of this inquiry is to look at what all relevant agencies knew or could or should have known about the individual and his activities, including his access to weapons and whether they could have been in a position to prevent the attack."Tarrant, who appeared in court on Saturday and was charged with murder, on Monday sacked his state-appointed lawyer.
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