Tarrant briefly appeared at a district court in Christchurch after the shooting, where one charge of murder was presented. District Court Judge Paul Kellar ordered Tarrant to return to court on April 5.Īfter Tarrant had left, Kellar said it would be "reasonable to assume" there will be other murder charges brought against Tarrant.įriday night, police said three males and one female had been detained. Police later said one of the arrests didn't relate to the shootings.Īuthorities said none of the detained had been on any watch list.Ī man who claimed responsibility for the shootings left an anti-immigrant manifesto and said he was a 28-year-old white Australian and a racist.
Who are the suspects?Īustralian police have identified the shooter as Brenton Tarrant - a white, 28-year-old Australian-born man, according to the New Zealand Herald. More than 45 people were being treated for gunshot injuries at a nearby hospital.Ī man who claimed responsibility for the shootings left a manifesto, saying he was a racist who had been planning the attack for two years. Shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Friday resulted in at least 49 fatalities and the detention of three armed suspects, one charged with murder, in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a terrorist attack.Īs news of the tragedy broke, video also surfaced on social media of a gunman opening fire inside one of the mosques.Īuthorities say the planned attacks happened at two mosques in the city. Police also defused explosive devices found in a car. Watch Video: Dozens killed in mass shooting in New Zealand mosques
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