Anxious family and friends are pacing outside Christchurch Hospital, waiting for news of injured loved ones. She said a further 20 people were seriously injured, while Christchurch Hospital has just confirmed 48 people suffered gunshot wounds. David Meates, chief executive of Canterbury District Health Board, said Christchurch Hospital and other health clinics were treating 48 patients for gunshot wounds. One person told a Christchurch Star reporter that police had told them there aunt had been shot dead in the mosque and another person said police had told them their father had been shot dead. Ambulances outside Christchurch Hospital as a major situation unfolds.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 15, 2019 01:21 UTC