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New Zealand Shooting LIVE: Several Feared Dead After Attacks on 2 Mosques, Police Say Gunman Still Active


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New Zealand Shooting LIVE: Armed police in New Zealand swarmed central Christchurch Friday amid reports of a shooting at a mosque in the South Island city. "Police are currently responding to reports of shots fired in central Christchurch," the police said in a statement. Local media reported multiple casualties at one mosque and said another had been evacuated. According to local media reports, the shooter reportedly live streamed the entire incident on Facebook. Six people are feared dead in the incident.

A Bangladeshi journalist Mohammad Islam, in a tweet reported that the entire Bangladesh cricket team were among those who escaped from the mosque near Hagley park, where the shooting took place."Bangladesh team escaped from a mosque near Hagley Park where there were active shooters. They ran back through Hagley Park back to the Oval," he wrote.

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A body has been seen lying near Al Noor Mosque in central Christchurch and a second gunman has been seen near Linwood Masjid mosque. One of the gunmen is believed to be an Australian who has written a 37-page manifesto declaring his intentions, reports local media. In it, he says "it is a terrorist attack."

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New Zealand police has requested people not to share or upload video live-streamed by the gunman.

Police are aware there is extremely distressing footage relating to the incident in Christchurch circulating online. We would strongly urge that the link not be shared. We are working to have any footage removed.

— New Zealand Police (@nzpolice) March 15, 2019
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1 minute ago, tacobell fan said:

wait for 1 hr and they will declare terrorist act

he live sstreamed the event..

 

The gunmen apparently posted on controversial website 8chan and said, "subscribe to PewDiePie" before live-streaming himself massacring people in a mosque.

The shooter in New Zealand posted a manifesto on 8chan, said ‘subscribe to PewDiePie" & then live-streamed himself massacring innocent people in a mosque. These right wing terrorists are being radicalized on the internet. On YouTube. In these cesspools of hatred. Vile terrorists.

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A witness told stuff.co.nz he was praying in the Deans Ave mosque when he heard shooting and saw his wife lying dead on the footpath outside when he fled

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