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'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 »

World reacts with sadness, anger to New Zealand mosque shootings

Reuters
Posted at Mar 16 05:34 AM

LONDON - Leaders and organizations around the world expressed disgust and sorrow at the killing of 49 people in shootings at 2 New Zealand mosques on Friday, attacks that many blamed on the demonization of Muslims by the West. Read more »

'No place in civilized world': PH condemns New Zealand mass shooting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 16 04:37 AM

MANILA - The Philippine government condemned the mass shooting at 2 mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand that left at least 49 dead and 40 others wounded. Read more »

49 dead in New Zealand mosque shootings

Reuters
Updated as of Mar 15 04:28 PM

WELLINGTON - Forty people were killed and more than 20 seriously wounded in shootings at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday, in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said was a terrorist attack.   Read more »

Pinoys urged to stay indoors following Christchurch mass shooting

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Mar 15 01:37 PM

MANILA - The Filipino community in Christchurch, New Zealand have been advised to stay indoors following the mass shootings at two mosques that reportedly resulted in multiple fatalities. Read more »

Many dead in New Zealand shooting at two mosques

Reuters
Posted at Mar 15 11:56 AM

WELLINGTON - Multiple fatalities were inflicted at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday when at least one gunman opened fire on worshippers. Read more »

Gunman in Illinois shooting described as 'loner'

Reuters
Posted at Feb 16 04:40 PM

When Gary Martin came to work at the Henry Pratt valve manufacturing plant in Aurora, Illinois, on Friday, he was told he was being terminated from his job. Shortly thereafter, Martin pulled out his Smith & Wesson revolver and opened fire.   Read more »

'I thought I would never see them alive again': Pinoy mom races to kids amid US mass shooting

Aleta Nieva Nishimori, ABS-CBN News
Posted at Feb 16 11:09 AM

MANILA - Connie Macatula-De Leon was live-posting on social media while trying to make it to the area where a mass shooting was happening in Aurora, Illinois Friday.   Read more »

Mosque shooter gets life, no parole for 40 years in Canada

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 09 06:47 PM

A 29-year-old who shot dead six worshipers at a Quebec City mosque in the worst anti-Muslim attack in the West got life in prison Friday. Read more »