Witnesses reported hearing 50 shots from his weapons including a semi-automatic shotgun and a rifle at Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on the country's South Island. The gunman live-streamed the mass shooting inside the Al Noor Mosque, which happened about 1.30pm (11.30am AEDT) as Friday prayers were underway. Mohammed Jama, the former president of the Muslim Association of Canterbury, said a man with a gun entered the Christchurch Mosque about 1.40pm local time on Friday. Witnesses inside the mosque reported seeing 15 people being shot, including children. A man who escaped the mosque during the shooting said he saw his wife lying dead on the footpath.

Source: Daily Mail March 15, 2019 09:38 UTC