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Christchurch mosque toll rises to 51 after man dies

Agence France-Presse
Posted at May 03 05:10 AM

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The death toll from the Christchurch mosque attacks has risen to 51 after a 46-year-old Turkish man succumbed to injuries sustained in the March 15 shootings, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Friday. Read more »

NZ privacy tsar accuses Facebook of failing to cooperate

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Apr 08 04:42 PM

WELLINGTON - New Zealand's privacy regulator on Monday accused Facebook of failing to cooperate on tackling livestreaming in the wake of the Christchurch mosques massacre, saying founder Mark Zuckerberg was "disingenuous" about its systems. Read more »

New Australian laws could see social media execs jailed over terror images

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 30 10:08 AM

SYDNEY, Australia - Australia pledged Saturday to introduce new laws that could see social media executives jailed and tech giants fined billions for failing to remove extremist material from their platforms.   Read more »

Man who killed Pinay, 6 others in Oikos University shooting dies in prison

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 29 01:51 PM

The man who was serving seven consecutive life sentences in prison for killing seven people, including Filipina Kathleen Ping, has died inside the California State Prison in Sacramento. Read more »

2 kin of Christchurch victims die after killings: officials

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 04:14 PM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A grief-stricken mother who had travelled to New Zealand after her son was gunned down in the Christchurch mosque massacre passed away overnight, officials said Saturday. Read more »

Muslims return to Christchurch mosque as NZ works to move on

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 23 10:41 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - Muslims returned to Christchurch's main mosque on Saturday for the first time since a white supremacist massacred worshippers there, as New Zealand sought to return to normality after the tragedy.   Read more »

Duterte condoles with New Zealand after mass shooting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 22 07:48 PM

MANILA - President Rodrigo Duterte extended his condolences to New Zealand after the nation was gripped by the killing of 50 people in the worst mass shooting in its history. Read more »

New Zealand bans semi-automatic, assault rifles after mass shooting

Reuters
Posted at Mar 21 11:56 AM

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that military style semi-automatics and assault rifles will be banned under stronger new gun laws following the killing of 50 people in the country's worst mass shooting. Read more »

'My special little one': A Christchurch father's message to slain son

Jerome Taylor, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Mar 20 08:03 PM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – John Milne sits on his bed and sobs as he pens an anguished letter to his murdered teenage son Sayyad -- one of 50 people killed in the Christchurch massacre. Read more »

'He will have no friends': New Zealand gunman isolated in prison

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 04:46 PM

The white-supremacist accused of the Christchurch killings will spend the rest of his life in jail if convicted, likely in isolation for his own safety, a New Zealand criminologist and former convict said Wednesday. Read more »

Second man charged with sharing livestream of Christchurch massacre

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 20 03:55 PM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A 44-year-old man has become the second person charged with sharing a gruesome livestream video of the deadly attack at a Christchurch mosque. Read more »

Burials begin for New Zealand mosque shooting victims

Tom Lasseter and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters
Posted at Mar 20 01:52 PM

CHRISTCHURCH - The bodies of two victims from New Zealand's mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch's Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday - the first burials of the 50 victims. Read more »

'I am your mother now': NZ mosque shootings hit tight-knit Bangladesh community hard

Charlotte Greenfield and Tom Westbrook, Reuters
Posted at Mar 20 08:08 AM

A total of 50 people were killed in the rampage, with as many wounded, as the gunman went from Al Noor to another mosque in the South Island city. Read more »

New Zealand alleged killer visited Israel in 2016

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 18 05:39 PM

JERUSALEM - The Australian white supremacist accused of carrying out a massacre at two mosques in New Zealand briefly visited Israel in 2016, Israeli officials said Monday. Read more »

Controversial Australian lawmaker 'egged' after comments on New Zealand mass shooting

Will Ziebell, Reuters
Posted at Mar 18 05:19 PM

MELBOURNE - Australian police said they were investigating after a teenager smashed an egg on a controversial right-wing lawmaker who had blamed New Zealand's mass mosque shootings on the country's immigration program. Read more »

New Zealand massacre shows how online users find ways to share violent videos

Paresh Dave and Munsif Vengattil, Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 12:51 PM

SAN FRANCISCO/BENGALURU - The Friday massacre at two New Zealand mosques, live-streamed to the world, was not the first internet broadcast of a violent crime, but it showed that stopping gory footage from spreading online persists as a major challenge for tech companies despite years of investment.   Read more »

Defiant New Zealand mosque attack suspect charged with murder

Glenda Kwek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 12:29 PM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – A right-wing extremist who filmed himself on a shooting rampage that left 49 mosque-goers dead flashed a white power gesture as he appeared in a New Zealand court Saturday charged with murder.   Read more »

Extremist appears in court charged with New Zealand mosque attack

Glenda Kwek, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 08:50 AM

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - A right-wing extremist who filmed himself rampaging through two mosques in the quiet New Zealand city of Christchurch killing 49 worshippers appeared in court on a murder charge Saturday.   Read more »

White nationalist movement spreads, pushing lone-wolf attacks

Paul Handley, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Mar 16 05:59 AM

WASHINGTON - The massacre of Muslims at New Zealand mosques on Friday demonstrated the global reach of a white nationalist movement that preaches an imagined "European" ideal, rejects immigration, and shares often vicious threats over the internet.   Read more »

Funerals begin for New Zealand mosque shootings victims, suspect to appear in court

Praveen Menon and Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 05:43 AM

WELLINGTON/CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - New Zealand began to bury its dead on Saturday, a day after at least one gunman attacked worshippers in 2 mosques, killing 49 and injuring 42 others in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a terrorist attack. Read more »