"The offender was in possession of a gun licence" obtained in November 2017, and he started purchasing the weapons the following month, she said. US President Donald Trump condemned the "horrible massacre" in which "innocent people have so senselessly died", but denied that the problem of right-wing extremism was widespread. The attack has prompted searching questions about whether right-wing extremism has been treated with enough seriousness by Western governments. Ms Ardern said she would be reviewing events leading up to the attack to see how the suspect went unnoticed by authorities. "The individual charged with murder had not come to the attention of the intelligence community, nor the police, for extremism," she said.

Source: Standard Digital March 16, 2019 06:22 UTC