The Christchurch mosque shootings were two consecutive terrorist attacks at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, during Friday Prayer on 15 March 2019.[6] The attacks began at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of Riccarton at 1:40 pm and continued at the Linwood Islamic Centre at about 1:55 pm.[7][8][9][10] The gunman live-streamed the first attack on Facebook Live.[11]
The attacks killed 50 people and injured 50 others.[12][13] A 28-year-old Australian man, described in media reports as a white supremacist and part of the alt-right, was arrested and charged with murder.[14][15][16][17] The attacks have been linked to an increase in white supremacism and alt-right extremism globally[18][19] observed since the mid-2010s.[20][21] Politicians and world leaders condemned the attacks,[22] and Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described it as “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”[23] The government has established a royal commission of inquiry into its security agencies in the wake of the attacks, which are the deadliest mass shootings in modern New Zealand history.[24][25] – Wikipedia