

This means she is trying to tell the world's technology companies to take serious measures to actively prevent the internet's social media from promoting terrorism and violent extremism. The aim of this summit was to "bring together countries and tech companies in an attempt to bring to an end the ability to use social media to organise and promote terrorism and violent extremism". On, Jacinda Ardern and French President Emmanuel Macron co-chaired the Christchurch Call summit. On 10 April 2019, less than one month after the attack, the New Zealand Parliament passed a law that bans most semiautomatic weapons and assault rifles, parts that convert guns into semiautomatic guns, and higher capacity magazines. She said that the Christchurch mosque attacks has lead to her to see many major weaknesses in New Zealand's gun law. In response to the shootings, Jacinda Ardern announced that the New Zealand government will be introducing stronger firearms regulations. They were defused by the New Zealand Defence Force and did not explode. The police found two improvised explosive devices in a car. Tarrant then shot at Aziz, who picked up an empty shotgun on the floor and threw it through the window of Tarrant's car. He grabbed a credit card machine and threw it at the attacker. The mosque's imam said that a person called Abdul Aziz stopped the attack before Tarrant could get into the building. It is a mosque 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) away from the Al Noor Mosque. Linwood Islamic Centre Ī second attack happened at around 1:55 p.m. Police were told about the attack at 1:53 p.m. The shooter was at the mosque for six minutes before driving away. The first victim of the shooting could be heard greeting the shooter on the stream by saying "Hello, brother", who was killed straight after. The stream showed the whole attack on the Al Noor Mosque, and finished as he was driving to the Linwood Islamic Centre. Tarrant live streamed the first 17 minutes of the attack on Facebook live. They also said that the man was wearing military-style clothes. Someone who lived nearby said the shooter ran from the mosque and dropped a gun. Between 300 and 500 people could have been in the mosque during Friday prayers when the shooting happened. Tarrant began to shoot worshippers in the Al Noor Mosque at around 13:40. Tarrant pleaded guilty to the murders in March 2020 and was sentenced to prison with no parole. Tarrant live streamed one of the attacks on Facebook Live.

Īustralian Brenton Tarrant was arrested and charged with murder. This was the first mass shooting in New Zealand since the 1997 Raurimu massacre. Police have also confirmed that they had found multiple car bombs, which were successfully disarmed. It was described as a terrorist attack by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. At least 51 people were killed and 49 others injured by gunman Brenton Tarrant in the shootings. The Christchurch mosque shootings were two terrorist mass shootings on 15 March 2019 at the Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand during Friday prayers. Belief in the White genocide conspiracy theory and The Great Replacement conspiracy theory.
