![]() “This inquiry presents an important and critical opportunity to also look at what we may learn from this atrocity and speak for those who have lost their lives in an effort to protect the living,” she said. Brenton Tarrant also planned to burn down the mosques. She said the objective was to provide answers to outstanding questions for grieving families about what happened to their loved ones - and to examine whether anything further can be done to prevent further tragedies. The man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque, his sentencing hearing has heard. ![]() ![]() The inquest began at about 10am with a powerful and harrowing video tribute to the 51 men, women and children murdered as they gathered to pray in March 2019.Ĭoroner Windley made a brief opening address about the inquest process and why it was crucial to seek answers, for not just the families of the dead and survivors but for the whole of New Zealand. She said anyone who did not want to see the video was more than welcome to leave the courtroom - or disconnect the link if they were watching the proceedings remotely. By Dimi Reider Horrific videos like the one posted by the Christchurch mosque shooting suspect Brenton Tarrant are geared to appeal to the morbidly curious, and appeal it did. She said while the content was not graphic, it would likely be upsetting and disturbing for some. AP Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New. Te New Zealand government declared it illegal to share. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. This morning, Coroner Windley advised those attending the inquest that the footage would be played and what it would show - and not show. Scenes of the mosque massacre in New Zealand were streamed live on Facebook and posted on YouTube and Twitter, in a gruesome example of how social-media platforms can be used to spread terror. New Zealand mosque shooter's video was not detected before it was shared hundreds of thousands of times. A still image taken from video circulated on social media, apparently taken by a gunman and posted online live as the attack unfolded, shows him entering a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.
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