He was live-streaming as he carried out this heinous operation, while having previously provided details of his plan online in certain internet forums. New Zealand has always, at least in my eyes, been the holy grail of peace, liberty, progressive values, and harmony. Attacks don’t take place in New Zealand, I thought to myself. And of course, the attack being on New Zealand was the distasteful cherry on top, completely tarnishing my idea of it being some sort of peaceful utopia where such acts of violence never took place. Clichéd as it might be, an eye for an eye does indeed make the whole world blind.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 15, 2019 16:41 UTC