Police escort survivors of Friday's Christrchurch mosque shooting to the hospital. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has described it as one of the country's darkest days. The Christchurch mosque mass shootings will likely be the deadliest killing spree in New Zealand's history. The worst mass shooting before Friday March 15 was at Aramoana, near Dunedin, in 1990 when gunman David Gray, armed with an assortment of firearms, killed 13 people, including policeman Stuart Guthrie. READ MORE:* Live coverage: Christchurch mosque mass shooting - person in custody, others may be active* Man claims responsibility for Christchurch shooting, records assault on videoThe second most fatal mass shootings occurred in 1941 at the isolated West Coast settlement of Kowhitirangi when Stanley Graham shot dead seven people, including four policemen.

Source: Stuff March 15, 2019 04:52 UTC