Photo: RNZPrime Minister Jacinda Ardern has announced that a Royal Commission of Inquiry will be held into the Christchurch mosques terror attack. Royal commissions were reserved for the gravest of events and the shootings was one of those, she said. Ardern said the inquiry would look at events leading up to the attack rather than the response - that would come later. The Prime Minister said the seriousness of the attack and the need for answers needed to be weighed up. Meanwhile, Ardern will be travelling to China on a diplomatic mission this Sunday but has scaled her trip back because of the terror attacks in Christchurch.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 25, 2019 02:48 UTC