Police and ambulance staff help a wounded man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch. • The Christchurch mosque shooter said in a manifesto published on social media earlier today that he originally planned to target Dunedin's Al Huda Mosque. • There were about 200 people in Masjid Al Noor mosque on Deans Ave when shots were heard. • Deans Ave has been closed between Moorhouse Avenue and Riccarton Rd. • The Bangladesh cricket team was at the mosque for Friday prayer when the shooting started.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 15, 2019 02:11 UTC