“It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack,” said Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, saying it marked “one of New Zealand’s darkest days”. Christchurch city council offered a helpline for parents looking for kids attending a mass climate change rally nearby. NZ mosque gunman was Australian right-wing ‘terrorist’: Australia PMThe gunman who killed numerous worshippers in a New Zealand mosque on Friday was a right-wing “terrorist” with Australian citizenship, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said. “We stand here and condemn, absolutely the attack that occurred today by an extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist,” Morrison told a press conference. New Zealand police said they had detained three men and one woman after attacks on two Christchurch mosques, but they have not provided their identities.

Source: The Express Tribune March 15, 2019 03:44 UTC