Dozens of people were killed in shootings at two mosques in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said could only be described as "a terrorist attack." Witnesses recount the deadly shooting. Photo: APScenes of the mosque shooting in New Zealand on Friday were streamed live on Facebook and posted on YouTube and Twitter, in a gruesome example of how social media platforms still can be misused to spread terror despite heavy spending by their owners to contain such content. New Zealand police said the footage—related to the attack on a pair of mosques that left 49 dead Friday—was “extremely distressing” and urged people not to circulate it.

Source: Wall Street Journal March 15, 2019 13:52 UTC