Man appears in court for New Zealand terror attack
Ms Ardern added that three people had been arrested over the attack, including an Australian who has been charged with murder.
“The fourth person who was arrested yesterday was a member of the public who was in possession of a firearm, but with the intention of assisting police.Police commissioner Mike Bush confirmed on Twitter that the death toll stood at 49, with 42 injured. Two of those injured are in a critical condition, including a four-year-old who is being transported from Christchurch to the country’s specialist children’s hospital Starship in Auckland.
The online footage, which appears to have been captured on a camera strapped to the gunman’s head, showed the gunman driving as music played in his vehicle. After parking, he took two guns and walked a short distance to the entrance of the mosque. One man who said he was at the Al-Noor mosque told media the gunman was white, blonde and wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest. The man burst into the mosque as worshippers were kneeling for prayers.
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