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Christchurch Mosque Rampage

Photo Source: Irish Times By Naveed Qazi | Editor, Globe UpFront IT WAS A DASTARDLY KILLING SPREE of worshippers shot on a video. In Christchurch, southern New Zealand, an Australian white supremacist, Brenton Tarrant had driven to the Al Noor Mosque in Deans Avenue on 15th March 2019, with a stash of weapons and ammunition, along with petrol canisters. A homicide of Muslim worshippers, including small children, had been on his mind. After arming himself, with a camera mounted on his helmet, he walked into the mosque, and began shooting indiscriminately. In three minutes of rampage, manslaughter, butchery, whatever one might call it, he exited through the front door, and fired random shots, as cars on the highway travelled past him. After some time, he then re-entered the mosque to check for survivors. Around fifty people were declared dead in this horrifying episode. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called it “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.” Brenton Tarrant was arrested minute...