New Zealand mosque attack: Right wing terrorist live streamed it, issued manifesto, called muslims invaders
New Zealand: The right wing terrorist who opened fire in mosque where Muslims had gathered for a Friday prayers in New Zealand live streamed the attack and issued a manifesto.
Identified as ‘Brenton Tarrant’, he described himself as ‘regular white guy’.
The incident took place at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, also posted a manifesto online addressing his reasons for the attack.
Forty people have been killed after a gunman opened fire at two mosques in the New Zealand city.
According to a report by news.com.au armed police were deployed around the Al Noor mosque where shooting broke out at 1.40pm (NZ time) on Friday, with the city’s schools and hospital locked down. Reports later emerged of shots at another mosque in Linwood Avenue.
Pic of the attack as it was livestreamed by the terrorist.
In a vile 73-page manifesto posted online, he described himself as “just a regular White man”.
The 28-year-old noted he was born “to a working class, low-income family … who decided to take a stand to ensure a future for my people”.
The gunman — whose background NSW counter-terrorism police are now investigating after reports he is from Grafton — said he carried out the attack to “directly reduce immigration rates to European lands”.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed an individual taken into custody is an Australian-born citizen. He called him “an extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist”.
He described his reasons for the disgusting attack as to “show the invaders that our lands will never be their lands, our homelands are our own and that, as long as a white man still lives, they will NEVER conquer our lands and they will never replace our people”.
The writing cites military leaders and refers to ancient battles such as the 1189 Siege of Acre and Ottoman Empire battles including the 1863 battle of Vienna and the 1877 battle of Shipka Pass.
The writing names Feliks Kazimierz Potocki, Polish noble and military leader in the late 1600s, Charles Martel, a French military leader from the 700s.
The gunman livestreamed the shooting to social media, sharing the horrifying video to Facebook.
KV Online
