Updated: New Zealand’s Ardern apologises as report into mosque attack faults focus on Islamist terror risks
Updated 6pm (AEDT)Wellington, New ZealandReuters New Zealand security agencies were “almost exclusively” focused on the perceived threat of Islamist terrorism before a white supremacist gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers last year, a report into the country’s worst massacre found. The Royal Commission of Inquiry also criticised police for failing to enforce proper checks when granting […]
New Zealand calls off Christchurch attack commemoration amid coronavirus fears
Christchurch, New ZealandReuters New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a news conference prior to the anniversary of the mosque attacks that took place the prior year in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 13th March. PICTURE: Reuters/Martin Hunter New Zealand on Saturday called off a national remembrance service marking the one-year anniversary of the attack […]
New Zealand’s Ardern leads Christchurch shooting memorials amid coronavirus scare
Christchurch, New ZealandReuters FLOWERS, MESSAGES OF SUPPORT ADORN MOSQUE Aya al-Umari looks at the bunches of flowers and reads messages of support outside the Al Noor mosque, tributes left for the victims of the Christchurch shootings a year on from the attacks. Al-Umari’s brother Hussein, 35, was was one of 51 Muslim worshippers killed when […]