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Investigators believe the attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand was fuelled by Islamophobia and hate. It shocked people around the world, even though the hate exists globally. As Abigail Bimman explains, close to 300 hate groups exist in Canada. And they often go undetected.

New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush discusses the suspects they detained following the Christchurch mosque shootings.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that the suspect in the shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, NZ, was taken into custody 36 minutes from “the first call” and that he intended to “continue with his attack.”

While visiting Christchurch, NZ, on Saturday, the country’s prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, said the firearms used by the suspect in an attack on two mosques in that city”appeared to have been modified.”

On Saturday, New Zealand Police confirmed that the death toll from the deadly shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand now stands at 50, with the same number of people injured: 50.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addressed the nation on following shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, NZ on Saturday morning, confirming that 49 people had died. A five-year-old child is among the injured.

New Zealand is reeling after a terrorist attack on two Christchurch mosques left 49 people dead and dozens injured. Three people are in custody, and one suspect live-streamed the shooting on Facebook, hoping to amplify the hate crime. Global National’s Dawna Friesen reports.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Wednesday night announced a ban of all “military-style” semi-automatic weapons and assault rifles in the wake of the mosque shootings in Christchurch, NZ, adding that “every semi-automatic weapon used in the terrorist attack” will be banned.

New Zealand Police on Thursday advised that people refrain from visiting mosques across the country “until further notice” following a possible shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday.

A man who managed to escape from a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand where a gunman opened fire killing numerous people said he did not see the shooter but that the attack lasted six minutes.

Police in Christchurch, New Zealand said on Friday afternoon local time that four people were in custody following a pair of mass shooting at two mosques and that there were multiple people dead.

Cellphone video appears to show the arrest taking place of one of the suspects involved in the Christchurch shooting. The vehicle seen in the video of the arrest matches that seen in the suspect’s video.

The mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand are prompting a conversation around the country’s gun laws, and if they need to change.

Many members of Winnipeg’s Muslim community gathered for Friday morning prayer, reacting to the devastating news of the attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand.

London’s mayor Sadiq Khan joined faith leaders at a mosque in east London on Friday and offered condolences to the people of Christchurch following the attacks that killed dozens of Muslim worshipers. Khan, the first Muslim mayor of London, said Londoners stood shoulder to shoulder with the people of Christchurch.

Dozens of protesters belonging to a Shiite community protested in Pakistan’s port city Karachi, following the deadly attacks on mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. Protesters chanting slogans including “stop terrorism” and held up signs condemning the killings.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday echoed her call for changes to the country’s gun laws in the wake of an attack on two mosques in Christchurch, adding that the country was “in some ways, a blueprint for what not to do.”

Speaking ahead of the first anniversary of the Christchurch mosque shootings, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Thursday that 60,907 firearms had been removed from circulation following the tragic events of March 15, 2019.

Thousands gathered in a Christchurch park on Friday (March 29) as the names of 50 people shot dead in two mosques were read out at a national memorial service, with speakers calling for the legacy of the tragedy to be a kinder, more tolerant New Zealand.

Tough new gun laws that ban military style weapons took effect in New Zealand on Friday, less than a month after the Christchurch mosque shootings, the deadliest massacre in the country’s history.