"At 1.42 pm police dispatchers reported a 'Priority 1 Firearms Event' of machine gunfire at Masjid an-Nur with several police units responding directly to that location. "At 1.53 pm a contact team of a further five Armed Offender's Squad members arrived at Masjid an-Nur and deployed. "At 1.54 pm police on the scene at Masjid an-Nur advised there were multiple injured persons outside and inside the masjid and requested ambulance attendance." "This resulted in further clearances being required by attending police of Masjid an-Nur before they could enter." Photo / NZME"A total of 42 of the 43 victims killed at Masjid an-Nur had received inevitably fatal gunshot wounds.

Source: New Zealand Herald February 17, 2021 05:11 UTC