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color:White; background-color:#00222b; text-align:center;"><b>Busted</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffffff;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Rod_Blagojevich" title="Rod Blagojevich">Rod Blagojevich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manuel_Noriega" title="Manuel Noriega">Manuel Noriega</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tupac_Shakur" title="Tupac Shakur">Tupac Shakur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Troy_Southgate" title="Troy Southgate">Troy Southgate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/%C4%B4akvo_la_Bu%C4%89isto" title="Ĵakvo la Buĉisto">Ĵakvo la Buĉisto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Linda_Taylor" title="Linda Taylor">Linda Taylor</a></li></ul> <div class="vte plainlinks" style="font-size:smaller; text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Crimenav" title="Template:Crimenav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Crimenav" title="Template talk:Crimenav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Crimenav&amp;action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Christchurch terrorist attacks</b> were two <a href="/wiki/White_nationalism" title="White nationalism">white nationalist</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrorism" title="Terrorism">terrorist attacks</a> perpetrated at two <a href="/wiki/Islam" title="Islam">mosques</a>, the Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre, in Christchurch, <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand</a>, on 15 March 2019. The attacks killed 51 people and seriously injured over 50 others.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">&#91;1&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">&#91;2&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">&#91;3&#93;</a></sup> The perpetrator, Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a 28-year-old from Grafton, New South Wales, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>, was charged with 51 counts of murder and 40 counts of attempted murder according to a charging sheet from Christchurch District Court.<sup id="cite_ref-charged_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charged-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>A 17-minute video was live streamed on <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a> showing the Al Noor Mosque attack. Just before the attack, Tarrant posted a link to an 87-page <a href="/wiki/White_nationalist" class="mw-redirect" title="White nationalist">white nationalist</a> manifesto on <a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> and <a href="/wiki/8chan" title="8chan">8chan</a> as well as the aforementioned Facebook.<sup id="cite_ref-charged_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-charged-4">&#91;4&#93;</a></sup> </p> <div id="toc" class="toc" role="navigation" aria-labelledby="mw-toc-heading"><input type="checkbox" role="button" id="toctogglecheckbox" class="toctogglecheckbox" style="display:none" /><div class="toctitle" lang="en" dir="ltr"><h2 id="mw-toc-heading">Contents</h2><span class="toctogglespan"><label class="toctogglelabel" for="toctogglecheckbox"></label></span></div> <ul> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="#The_perpetrator"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">The perpetrator</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="#The_idiot.27s_Manifesto"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">The idiot's Manifesto</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="#Legal_implications_of_the_shootings"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Legal implications of the shootings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-4"><a href="#Scale_of_the_shootings"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Scale of the shootings</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-5"><a href="#Aftermath"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Aftermath</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-6"><a href="#International_responses"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">International responses</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-7"><a href="#New_Zealand"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.1</span> <span class="toctext">New Zealand</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-8"><a href="#Australia"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.2</span> <span class="toctext">Australia</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-9"><a href="#Austria"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.3</span> <span class="toctext">Austria</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-10"><a href="#Canada"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.4</span> <span class="toctext">Canada</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="#China"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.5</span> <span class="toctext">China</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="#France"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.6</span> <span class="toctext">France</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="#ISIS"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.7</span> <span class="toctext">ISIS</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="#United_Kingdom"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.8</span> <span class="toctext">United Kingdom</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-15"><a href="#United_States"><span class="tocnumber">5.1.9</span> <span class="toctext">United States</span></a></li> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-16"><a href="#Conspiracy_theories"><span class="tocnumber">6</span> <span class="toctext">Conspiracy theories</span></a> <ul> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-17"><a href="#An_armed_guy_stopped_the_shooter.3F"><span class="tocnumber">6.1</span> <span class="toctext">An armed guy stopped the shooter?</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-18"><a href="#False_flag"><span class="tocnumber">6.2</span> <span class="toctext">False flag</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-19"><a href="#Jewsdidit.2FMossad_conspiracy"><span class="tocnumber">6.3</span> <span class="toctext">Jewsdidit/Mossad conspiracy</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-20"><a href="#See_also"><span class="tocnumber">7</span> <span class="toctext">See also</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-21"><a href="#Notes"><span class="tocnumber">8</span> <span class="toctext">Notes</span></a></li> <li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-22"><a href="#References"><span class="tocnumber">9</span> <span class="toctext">References</span></a></li> </ul> </div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="The_perpetrator">The perpetrator</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: The perpetrator">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The perpetrator of the attacks was Brenton Harrison Tarrant, a then 28-year old Australian man who self-described as an "Ethno-nationalist, <a href="/wiki/Hard_green#Ecofascism" title="Hard green">Eco-fascist</a>" "<a href="/wiki/Remove_kebab" class="mw-redirect" title="Remove kebab">Kebab removalist</a>". At the time of his arrest, Tarrant had been living for a few years in Andersons Bay in Dunedin, 361 kilometers from Christchurch. </p><p>Prior to the attacks, Tarrant repeatedly visited battle sites between the <a href="/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" class="mw-redirect" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman Empire</a> and European Christians, which he became obsessed with and formed the basis for his <a href="/wiki/Far-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-right">far-right</a>, <a href="/wiki/Islamophobic" class="mw-redirect" title="Islamophobic">Islamophobic</a> views. During his trips to Europe, he made large donations to <a href="/wiki/Generation_Identity" title="Generation Identity">Generation Identity</a> and interacted with their leader <a href="/wiki/Martin_Sellner" title="Martin Sellner">Martin Sellner</a>, who offered to meet him in person. Tarrant is thought to have begun planning the attack in 2017, and chose his targets three months in advance. </p> <h2><span id="The_idiot's_Manifesto"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="The_idiot.27s_Manifesto">The idiot's Manifesto</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: The idiot&#039;s Manifesto">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div role="note" class="hatnote">For more information, see: <a href="/wiki/The_Great_Replacement" title="The Great Replacement">The Great Replacement</a></div> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:167px;"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="/w/images/thumb/8/84/The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg/165px-The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg" decoding="async" width="165" height="233" class="thumbimage" srcset="/w/images/thumb/8/84/The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg/248px-The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/8/84/The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg/330px-The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2481" data-file-height="3508" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Great_Replacement_cover_image.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>The attacker's manifesto was titled after an <a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">alt-right</a> and <a href="/wiki/Identitarian" class="mw-redirect" title="Identitarian">Identitarian</a> conspiracy theory of the <a href="/wiki/The_Great_Replacement" title="The Great Replacement">same name</a>.</div></div></div> <p>Like fellow self-absorbed extremists <a href="/wiki/Ted_Kaczynski" class="mw-redirect" title="Ted Kaczynski">Ted Kaczynski</a>, <a href="/wiki/Anders_Behring_Breivik" title="Anders Behring Breivik">Anders Behring Breivik</a>, and Dylann Roof, Tarrant tried his hand at a grandiose "manifesto" in which he championed the <a href="/wiki/White_genocide" title="White genocide">white genocide</a> conspiracy theory and its French/European equivalent The Great Replacement. The shooter cited the death of 11-year old Ebba Akerlund by a truck attack in <a href="/wiki/Sweden" title="Sweden">Sweden</a> and the 2017 presidential elections in <a href="/wiki/France" title="France">France</a> as well as his visit to the country as motivations for committing violence. Amid 87 pages of sarcastic shitposting filled with <a href="/wiki/Meme" title="Meme">memes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ironic" class="mw-redirect" title="Ironic">ironic</a> posturing, and numerous self-contradictory positions aimed at <a href="/wiki/Troll" class="mw-redirect" title="Troll">trolling</a> the "normies" and amusing his <a href="/wiki/8chan" title="8chan">8chan</a> hate-monger buddies, Tarrant proclaimed that he moved to New Zealand in order to carry out the attack, identified himself as a <a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">racist</a>, and fawned over his various white nationalist and <a href="/wiki/Fascist" class="mw-redirect" title="Fascist">fascist</a> heroes, including, but not limited to, <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Mosley" title="Oswald Mosley">Oswald Mosley</a> of the pro-Nazi <a href="/wiki/Oswald_Mosley#Walking_towards_fascism" title="Oswald Mosley">British Union of Fascists</a> (who is quoted once in the manifesto and whom the shooter viewed as the person closest to his own beliefs), the aforementioned <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norwegian</a> terrorist Anders Behring Breivik (whom he viewed as his biggest inspiration and claims to have contacted personally and through his organization Knights Templar), American Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italian</a> neo-Nazi Luca Traini (who shot and injured 6 African migrants), Swedish migrant high school student killer Anton Lundin Pettersson, and British Finsbury Park mosque attacker Darren Osbourne. He even went as far as to state that he read Dylann Roof's manifesto <i>The Last Rhodesian</i> and the writings of others. </p><p>The shooter also expressed a desire to kill CEOs, drug dealers, various <a href="/wiki/Antifa" class="mw-redirect" title="Antifa">Antifas</a>/<a href="/wiki/Marxism" class="mw-redirect" title="Marxism">Marxists</a>/<a href="/wiki/Communism" title="Communism">Communists</a>, NGOs (Non-governmental organizations), and politicians such as Chancellor <a href="/wiki/Angela_Merkel" title="Angela Merkel">Angela Merkel</a> of <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, dictator <a href="/wiki/Recep_Tayyip_Erdo%C4%9Fan" title="Recep Tayyip Erdoğan">Recep Tayyip Erdoğan</a> of <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, and Mayor Sadiq Khan of London, England, whom he deemed to be "anti-white". The shooter wished to start a Second <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> in order to Balkanize the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> along political, cultural, and racial lines because he wished to stop any future US/NATO intervention like that in Kosovo during the <a href="/wiki/Yugoslav_Wars" title="Yugoslav Wars">Yugoslav Wars</a> and supposedly to ensure the existence of the white/caucasian race in North America. He said he supported <a href="/wiki/Donald_Trump" title="Donald Trump">Donald Trump</a> as "a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose" but not as a policy maker or leader. There are also references to prominent black conservative <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Kirk#Charlie_and_the_Bullshit_Factory:_Turning_Point_USA" title="Charlie Kirk">Turning Point USA</a> member <a href="/wiki/Candace_Owens" title="Candace Owens">Candace Owens</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Video_games" class="mw-redirect" title="Video games">video games</a> <i>Fortnite</i> and <i>Spyro the Dragon</i>, and the Navy SEAL Copypasta, but he was largely trolling and urged the creation of memes around him.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">&#91;5&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">&#91;6&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">&#91;7&#93;</a></sup> Despite the shooter's denial of being a Nazi or Neo-Nazi (instead referring to himself as "an Ethno-nationalist, Eco-fascist"), he uses <a href="/wiki/Alt-right_glossary#Gallery_of_symbols_and_flags" title="Alt-right glossary">the Black Sun</a> (aka the Sonnenrad or Schwarze Sonne) very prominently on the manifesto's front and back covers and it is a symbol originating in <a href="/wiki/Nazi_Germany" title="Nazi Germany">Nazi Germany</a>, crested by Heinrich Himmler of the SS during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> and engraved on Castle Wewelsburg. Several times he quotes <a href="/wiki/The_Fourteen_Words" class="mw-redirect" title="The Fourteen Words">the Fourteen Words</a>, a prominent neo-Nazi slogan coined by terrorist <a href="/wiki/David_Lane" title="David Lane">David Lane</a> of The Order/Bruder Schweigen, with "secure" replaced by "ensure"; they also appear on his guns as "14" or "14 Words"). Tarrant's violent white nationalism and fascism deviate regarding Jews and LGBT people. He does not view the former, particularly those living in <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israel</a>, as the enemy, so long as they aren't out to harm his people (Whites/"Europeans"); similarly, he said he doesn't care about the latter as long as they stayed loyal to their country. This is in stark contrast to most white nationalists, who view both groups as inherently dangerous. However, he called for the removal of Africans (i.e. Blacks), Indians, Turks, Jews, and Arabs from Europe. </p><p>Tarrant also said he considered <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">People's Republic of China</a> to be the nation closest to his political and social views (despite the fact that it is Communist). China has been accused of trying to assimilate ethnic minorities; indeed, one of the key objectives of President <a href="/wiki/Xi_Jinping" title="Xi Jinping">Xi Jinping</a> is the “Sinocization” of religion. China is home to some 56 ethnic groups, including Uyghurs, Tibetans, Mongols, Koreans, Manchus, and Hui (Chinese Muslims), with the Han Chinese making up 91% of the population. The Uyghur Muslim minority in particular has been <a href="/wiki/Uighur_genocide" class="mw-redirect" title="Uighur genocide">persecuted by the Chinese government for its culture and identity</a>, but it is not clear whether Tarrant knew this.<sup id="cite_ref-LA-China_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-China-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Legal_implications_of_the_shootings">Legal implications of the shootings</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Legal implications of the shootings">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Prior to the attacks, New Zealand had experienced only one comparable incident — in 1990, when 13 people were killed in the small town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aramoana_massacre" class="extiw" title="wp:Aramoana massacre" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Aramoana_massacre">Aromoana</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> before <a href="/wiki/Police" class="mw-redirect" title="Police">police</a> shot and killed the perpetrator. For perspective, New Zealand had 35 murders reported <b>throughout the entire year of 2017</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">&#91;9&#93;</a></sup> The country's recorded murder rate had reached an all-time low, making the mosque attacks singular in the history of crime in New Zealand. This presented a literally unprecedented challenge for New Zealand law, as there is no predecessor against which to compare Tarrant's case. Additionally, the New Zealand justice system establishes convictions of multiple crimes concurrently (rather than consecutively, as is done in the <a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>); theoretically, it is legally possible for Tarrant to serve a single life sentence for all 51 murders. Although New Zealand does have anti-terrorist laws, such as the Terrorism Suppression Act of 2002,<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">&#91;10&#93;</a></sup> they had never been tested in New Zealand courts until May 21, 2019 when Brenton Harrison Tarrant was (eventually) charged with terrorism under this law<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">&#91;11&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">&#91;12&#93;</a></sup> (after having previously been charged with multiple murders). On 18 March 2019, Tarrant fired his court-appointed lawyer, Richard Peters, planning to represent himself in court.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">&#91;13&#93;</a></sup> On 13 June 2019, Brenton Harrison Tarrant pleaded not guilty to the 51 murder charges and 40 attempted murder charges with his new lawyer Shane Tait; the trial was set for May 4, 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">&#91;14&#93;</a></sup> On August 27 2020, Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison without parole, the maximum available sentence in New Zealand and the first time it had been imposed in the country.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">&#91;15&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>On the perhaps less-consequential side: six pages of letters were sent by Tarrant to a Russian recipient around July 2019, photos of which were subsequently circulated via <a href="/wiki/4chan" title="4chan">4chan</a>. This led New Zealand's Corrections Minister to consider amending the country's laws around rights for prisoners to send and receive mail.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">&#91;16&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Scale_of_the_shootings">Scale of the shootings</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" title="Edit section: Scale of the shootings">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>As of 2019, the attacks at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, are one of the deadliest incidences of <a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia"> anti-Islamic</a> or <a href="/wiki/Far-right" class="mw-redirect" title="Far-right">far-right</a> mass-murder and the first major mass-shooting of 2019 in terms of press coverage/media attention and casualty rate. The attacks are also the most fatal mass shooting against <a href="/wiki/Muslims" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslims">Muslims</a> in the West, as well as the most severe white nationalist-supremacist/<a href="/wiki/Neo-Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Neo-Nazi">neo-Nazi</a>/racist attack<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">&#91;note 1&#93;</a></sup> on a non-Christian place of worship in a Western country (surpassing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wisconsin_Sikh_temple_shooting" class="extiw" title="wp:Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting">Wisconsin Sikh temple shooting</span></a>,<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_synagogue_shooting" class="extiw" title="wp:Pittsburgh synagogue shooting" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Pittsburgh synagogue shooting">Pittsburgh synagogue shooting</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> at the Tree of Life — or L'Simcha Congregation in the United States and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebec_City_mosque_shooting" class="extiw" title="wp:Quebec City mosque shooting" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Quebec City mosque shooting">Quebec City mosque shooting</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> at the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City in Canada).<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18">&#91;17&#93;</a></sup> Only the 2011 attacks at Regjeringskvartlet (Government Quarter) and Utoya Island in Oslo and Utoya in Norway and the Oklahoma City bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, come anywhere close to the death and destruction caused in the Christchurch mosque attacks. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Aftermath">Aftermath</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=5" title="Edit section: Aftermath">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>The shooting brought much attention to <a href="/wiki/8chan" title="8chan">8chan</a>'s /pol/ board, where Tarrant initially posted his manifesto and informed users of his impending video stream of the Al Noor Mosque attack (before going on to shoot up Linwood Islamic Centre), as well as the "ironic" aspect of meme culture and shitposting fascism and neo-Nazism popularized by alt-right websites such as <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Stormer" title="The Daily Stormer">The Daily Stormer</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/The_Right_Stuff" title="The Right Stuff">The Right Stuff</a></i>, the /pol/ boards of both <a href="/wiki/4chan" title="4chan">4chan</a> and 8chan, and other white-supremacist websites visited by Tarrant. The Christchurch terrorist attacks brought new attention to online radicalization by the far-right on a variety social media platforms ranging from the mainstream (<a href="/wiki/Twitter" title="Twitter">Twitter</a> and <a href="/wiki/Facebook" title="Facebook">Facebook</a>) to the more obscure (8chan and <a href="/wiki/Gab" title="Gab">Gab</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19">&#91;18&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20">&#91;19&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21">&#91;20&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22">&#91;21&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23">&#91;22&#93;</a></sup> Following the attacks, a YouTube channel operated by a user called "Third Positionist", in reference to the supremacist-blending <a href="/wiki/Third_Position" title="Third Position">Third Position</a> socioeconomic ideology, was terminated by YouTube following reports from staff members of The Huffington Post and ProPublica.<sup id="cite_ref-3P_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3P-24">&#91;23&#93;</a></sup> The account termination highlights a rise in white nationalist and supremacist media utilizing YouTube as an avenue of radicalization.<sup id="cite_ref-3P_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3P-24">&#91;23&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Facebook would ban white nationalism entirely from its platform one week after the Christchurch mosque attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25">&#91;24&#93;</a></sup> On the other side of things at <a href="/wiki/Gab" title="Gab">Gab</a>, the rather violent anti-Semitic alt-right racist and <a href="/wiki/Unite_the_Right" title="Unite the Right">Charlottesville riots/Unite the Right</a> attendee Christopher Cantwell would end up getting banned from the service after he made a post suggesting it was more useful to kill 50 left-wingers in the United States than Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26">&#91;25&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>There were also a number of related arrests, such as an Oldham, Manchester, United Kingdom man expressing support for the shooter, a New Zealand employee of a UAE company sharing similar sentiments, and the owner of a neo-Nazi company, including 6 employees, arrested for sharing footage of the Christchurch mosque attacks. One notable example was two white nationalists from Greece, New York, United States named Thomas Alonzo Bolin ("Ragnar Odinson") and Austin Witlowski ("Peter Vincent") arrested for attempting to carry out a copycat attack and for lying to the FBI of not owning a gun which he would admit later.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27">&#91;26&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28">&#91;27&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29">&#91;28&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30">&#91;29&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The Christchurch mosque attacks also led to 17 countries (New Zealand, Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, <a href="/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">the European Commission/European Union</a>, <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, Sweden, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">the Netherlands</a>, Italy, Norway, <a href="/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spain</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a>, and Senegal) and United States-based tech companies Amazon, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Microsoft, Qwant, and Dailymotion signing a protocol/compact titled "The Christchurch Call to Action" which establishes new rules to regulate violent extremist content and Facebook now banning them from using their Live feature to broadcast any future shootings/terrorist attacks. The United States though has declined to join "The Christchurch Call to Action", citing <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_speech" title="Freedom of speech">free speech</a> concerns, although they are generally supportive of this protocol.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31">&#91;30&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32">&#91;31&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The Christchurch mosque attacks also have led to a movie in the works title <i>Hello, Brother</i> (named after a quote said by Haji-Daoud Nabi who was killed) by Egyptian filmmaker Moez Masoud and a novel by Tom O'Connor titled <i>The Ides of March</i> (a reference to the date Julius Caesar was assassinated and the shootings).<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33">&#91;32&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34">&#91;33&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="International_responses">International responses</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=6" title="Edit section: International responses">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>In the wake of the attacks, Western leaders expressed their sorrow and offered their condolences to the people of New Zealand. Meanwhile, various Muslim majority countries, such as Turkey and Pakistan, blamed Islamophobia for the attacks and accused politicians and the media for stoking hatred against Muslims.<sup id="cite_ref-SCMP-reactions_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCMP-reactions-35">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Facebook said it removed some one and a half million videos of the Christchurch massacres on its platform within twenty four hours of the attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AuBC-China-36">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="New_Zealand">New Zealand</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=7" title="Edit section: New Zealand">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>What has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence. It has no place in New Zealand. Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities – New Zealand is their home – they are us.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—NZ Prime Minister <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacinda_Ardern" class="extiw" title="wp:Jacinda Ardern" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Jacinda Ardern">Jacinda Ardern</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37">&#91;36&#93;</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:202px;"><a href="/wiki/File:NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg/200px-NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="291" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg/300px-NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/53/NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg/400px-NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2652" data-file-height="3857" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:NZ_PM_Jacinda_Ardern_-_Kirk_HargreavesCCC.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Prime Minister Ardern mourns with the Muslim community in the aftermath of the attack, March 16, 2019.</div></div></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>, New Zealand's head of state at the time, put out a statement saying "I have been deeply saddened by the appalling events in Christchurch today. Prince Philip and I send our condolences to the families and friends of those who have lost their lives".<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38">&#91;37&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern pledged to tighten gun laws, in reference to the methods Tarrant used to obtain and modify his weapons.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39">&#91;38&#93;</a></sup> In particular, the sales of "military-style" semi-automatic centerfire rifles, magazines holding more than 10 rounds, and accessories that could make semi-auto firearms fire faster, such as "bump stocks", would be banned, as would their possession. Those who currently own such weapons can hand them over during a grace period while officials develop a formal buyback plan which could cost up to NZ$200 million (US$140 million). Currently, there are approximately one and a half million guns in New Zealand, a country of about five million people. Only six percent of weapons are registered. A semi-automatic firearm is one that is able to reload itself after firing. Under New Zealand's law, a military-style semi-automatic weapon has a magazine of seven rounds, or with pistol grips, folding or telescopic butts, bayonet attachments, or flash suppressors at the end of the barrel. Police officers, military service members, and professional pest controllers would be exempt. Such a ban is widely supported in New Zealand, where firearm ownership is a privilege rather than a right, as is the case in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40">&#91;39&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41">&#91;note 2&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Prime Minister Ardern also vowed to never mention the shooter by name<sup id="cite_ref-AP-free-speech_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-free-speech-42">&#91;40&#93;</a></sup> and believes it is unacceptable that the shooter was able to live-stream his act of terrorism via Facebook. She said she wanted assurance from social media companies that something similar would never happen again. She announced a Royal Commission of Inquiry, New Zealand's highest form of investigation, reserved for matters of utmost public importance, into what could and should have been done to prevent the Christchurch shootings. Domestic and foreign intelligence agencies, the police, and customs and immigration will be looked at.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43">&#91;41&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Chief New Zealand <a href="/wiki/Censorship" title="Censorship">Censor</a> David Shanks has classified the full 17-minute video of the shootings as objectionable, which means that it is illegal for anyone in New Zealand to view, possess, or distribute the video in any form, including via social media platforms.<sup id="cite_ref-index_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-index-44">&#91;42&#93;</a></sup> The attacker's manifesto has been made illegal in New Zealand as well; specifically anyone found to possess the manifesto could face up to 10 years in <a href="/wiki/Prison" title="Prison">prison</a>, and those caught distributing it could face up to 14 years in prison.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45">&#91;43&#93;</a></sup> Prior to the banning, Shanks and his staff considered the possibility of <a href="/wiki/Streisand_effect" title="Streisand effect">raising interest</a> in the Manifesto, but concluded it was justified because the Manifesto encourages acts of cruelty and terrorism. Shanks said that journalists and researchers could apply for exemptions from both bans. A number of free-speech advocates, such as Stephen Franks, a constitutional lawyer and spokesman for the Free Speech Coalition, do not object censoring the video, but they do not support restricting access to the Manifesto, arguing that it could spark conspiracy theories and that people should be able allowed to form their own conclusions and "see evil or madness for what it is". At present, New Zealanders are still free to read <i><a href="/wiki/Mein_Kampf" class="mw-redirect" title="Mein Kampf">Mein Kampf</a></i> by <a href="/wiki/Adolf_Hitler" title="Adolf Hitler">Adolf Hitler</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-AP-free-speech_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AP-free-speech-42">&#91;40&#93;</a></sup> An eighteen-year-old New Zealander has been arrested for sharing the live-stream and faces a heavy jail sentence if convicted.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46">&#91;44&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>The <i>New Zealand Herald</i> released a list commemorating the 50 victims, with remembrances from friends and surviving family members accompanying photos of the deceased.<sup id="cite_ref-faces_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-faces-47">&#91;45&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Australia">Australia</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=8" title="Edit section: Australia">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width:277px;"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg/275px-Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg" decoding="async" width="275" height="184" class="thumbimage" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg/413px-Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8c/Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg/550px-Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2670" /></a> <div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Mosque_Shooting_Vigil_in_Melbourne_2019.jpg" class="internal" title="Enlarge"></a></div>Vigil in Melbourne, Australia.</div></div></div> <p>The Prime Minister of Australia <a href="/wiki/Scott_Morrison" title="Scott Morrison">Scott Morrison</a> issued a statement in which he expressed sympathy, saying "we are family" with New Zealand and "condemn absolutely the attack that occurred today by an extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist that has taken the lives, stolen the lives, in a vicious, murderous attack, that has claimed so many New Zealanders"; of course, given that the perpetrator Brenton Harrison Tarrant came from Australia, it heavily affected the citizens of the country to see one of their own commit violent terrorist attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48">&#91;46&#93;</a></sup> A written statement from Australian far-right, anti-immigration, and anti-Muslim Queensland Senator Fraser Anning of Pauline Hanson's One Nation caused intense backlash from social media and politicians, after Anning implied the Muslim victims of the shooting <a href="/wiki/Blaming_the_victim" title="Blaming the victim">shared some responsibility for the violence</a> due to immigrating to New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49">&#91;47&#93;</a></sup> A day later, while responding to questions from journalists during a meeting of the newly formed Conservative National Party in Melbourne, Victoria, Senator Anning was struck from behind on the head with a raw egg.<sup id="cite_ref-egg_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-egg-50">&#91;48&#93;</a></sup> Anning immediately turned and struck the teenager twice, after which the teen was tackled to the ground by Anning's goons.<sup id="cite_ref-egg_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-egg-50">&#91;48&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Later, it would be revealed that Brenton Harrison Tarrant interacted with the far-right <a href="/wiki/United_Patriots_Front" title="United Patriots Front">United Patriots Front</a> (UPF) led by <a href="/wiki/Blair_Cottrell" title="Blair Cottrell">Blair Cottrell</a> and True Blue Crew (TBC) led by Kane Miller on their now defunct Facebook pages, where he praised the former affectionately calling him "Emperor Blair Cottrell" as well as donating to the UPF and threatening a Melbourne man over criticism of the organization; he was also offered to join the also Blair Cottrell-led Lads Society (a whites-only "fight club") but declined. Cottrell immediately distanced himself from Tarrant for his violent terrorist actions.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51">&#91;49&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52">&#91;50&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53">&#91;51&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Austria">Austria</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=9" title="Edit section: Austria">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>Chancellor of <a href="/wiki/Austria" title="Austria">Austria</a> Sebastian Kurz called for a "ruthless" investigation after it became known that Identitare Bewegung Osterreichs (IBO), the Austrian branch of the Identitarian movement/<a href="/wiki/Generation_Identity" title="Generation Identity">Generation Identity</a> in Europe, had received a donation from Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the Christchurch shooter. Moreover, this donation was higher than what the movement normally receives. <a href="/wiki/Martin_Sellner" title="Martin Sellner">Martin Sellner</a>, leader of the Austrian Identitarians, had his apartment in Graz, Austria, searched by police and had his electronic devices seized. He would later go on record to condemn the attacks and stating the group had nothing to do with him. Although it was initially reported that there was no ties between Tarrant and Austrian Identitarians,<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54">&#91;52&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55">&#91;53&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56">&#91;54&#93;</a></sup> it was later revealed by various Austrian and German media outlets such as ORF (Osterreichscher Rundfunk) that Sellner exchanged emails with Tarrant like one asking if they could meet for coffee or beer in Vienna and another which the former sent a link to his YouTube channel to the latter, something confirmed by him.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57">&#91;55&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58">&#91;56&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="Canada">Canada</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=10" title="Edit section: Canada">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>Prime Minister of <a href="/wiki/Canada" title="Canada">Canada</a> Justin Trudeau condemned the attack in an official statement, recalling the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting by Alexander Bissonnette as an example in which Muslim community members suffered "unimaginable loss and pain in the places where they should feel safest,"<sup id="cite_ref-trudeau_59-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trudeau-59">&#91;57&#93;</a></sup> and pledged to work with New Zealand on taking action against violent extremism.<sup id="cite_ref-trudeau_59-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trudeau-59">&#91;57&#93;</a></sup> Alexander Bissonnette was also one of the numerous figures (historical or far-right) etched onto one of the guns used by Brenton Harrison Tarrant to carry out the massacre/terrorist attacks at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. In response to the attacks, police increased security at mosques in Montreal, Gatineau, Ottawa, Edmonton, Toronto, Saskatoon and Quebec City,<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60">&#91;58&#93;</a></sup> though Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale stated that Canada's national threat level would remain unchanged at "medium."<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61">&#91;59&#93;</a></sup> A vigil was held in Halifax for victims of the attacks,<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62">&#91;60&#93;</a></sup> while more than 500 people came together in solidarity at Celebration Square in Mississauga,<sup id="cite_ref-63" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-63">&#91;61&#93;</a></sup> and an estimated several hundred people mourned the victims at a vigil in Toronto's Nathan Philips Square.<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64">&#91;62&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="China">China</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=11" title="Edit section: China">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>Immigrants, especially Muslims, cannot integrate into Western society.</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—The <i>Global Times</i><sup id="cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AuBC-China-36">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Chinese President Xi Jinping officially denounced the attacks and offered his condolences.<sup id="cite_ref-LA-China_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-China-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>China (which was mentioned by name in the manifesto) had mixed reactions. While the state censorship apparatus is extremely effective at removing online materials deemed undesirable by the Communist Party, it was surprisingly slow in eliminating videos of the Christchurch shootings from Chinese social media networks, such as Baidu Tieba, one of the largest of them all, and other websites. Chinese internet users were still posting and watching the videos almost 48 hours after the shootings took place; some even compared it to a violent video game. Although these were later censored, they were removed later than in Western countries.<sup id="cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AuBC-China-36">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>State-controlled media exaggerated the severity of the terrorist attacks and seized this opportunity to point to flaws in how Western liberal democracies manage their societies.<sup id="cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AuBC-China-36">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> (See quote above.) In an editorial, state-owned tabloid the <i>Global Times</i> argued that white supremacy is part of "Western values".<sup id="cite_ref-LA-China_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LA-China-8">&#91;8&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>Some observers pointed out that the Chinese government has a habit of not wanting to "wash their dirty linen in public". In other words, they tend to avoid discussing China's national problems, yet they often focus on negative developments abroad in order to encourage appreciation for how the Communist Party is running the country, offering peace and prosperity instead of violence and chaos.<sup id="cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AuBC-China-36">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup> Furthermore, China, as experts warned, used the Christchurch mosque shootings to justify its policies towards Muslims in the Xinjiang region in northwest China, namely, sending ethnic minorities to detention camps, conducting mass surveillance, and razing ethnic neighborhoods. China also stressed the economic development of this region and accused critics of "slanderous fabrication".<sup id="cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AuBC-China-36">&#91;35&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65">&#91;63&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="France">France</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=12" title="Edit section: France">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>France, the country home to Renaud Camus' The Great Replacement conspiracy theory that the shooter visited, also saw him donate to Generation Identitaire, the French branch of the larger Identitarian movement/Generation Identity (GI) in Europe, along with its Austrian counterpart Identitare Bewegung Osterreichs (IBO).<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66">&#91;64&#93;</a></sup> Shortly afterwards, Camus had condemned the attack.<sup id="cite_ref-67" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-67">&#91;65&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="ISIS">ISIS</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=13" title="Edit section: ISIS">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>On March 18, 2019, after nearly six months of silence, the spokesman of <a href="/wiki/ISIS" class="mw-redirect" title="ISIS">ISIS</a> Abu Hassan al-Muhajir, emerged to call for retaliation over the mosque attacks in New Zealand: "The scenes of the massacres in the two mosques should wake up those who were fooled, and should incite the supporters of the caliphate to avenge their religion."<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68">&#91;66&#93;</a></sup> New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern received a tweet saying "Revenge is coming" and showing a picture of rifle with white Arabic text and an ISIS flag.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69">&#91;67&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="United_Kingdom">United Kingdom</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=14" title="Edit section: United Kingdom">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <p>Prime Minister Theresa May condemned the attacks and stated the UK "stood shoulder to shoulder" with New Zealand.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70">&#91;68&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h4><span class="mw-headline" id="United_States">United States</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=15" title="Edit section: United States">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h4> <table style="margin: auto; border-collapse:collapse; border-style:none; background-color:transparent;" class="cquote"> <tbody><tr> <td><div style="padding:4px 50px;position:relative;"><span style="position:absolute;left:10px;top:-6px;z-index:1;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">“</span><span style="position:absolute;right:10px;bottom:-20px;z-index:1;font-family:&#39;Times New Roman&#39;,serif;font-weight:bold;color:#B2B7F2;font-size:36px">”</span>I informed the Prime Minister that we stand in solidarity with New Zealand – and that any assistance the USA. can give, we stand by ready to help. We love you New Zealand!</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:4px 10px 8px;font-size:smaller;line-height:1.6em;text-align:right;"><cite style="font-style:normal;position:relative;z-index:2">—U.S. President Donald Trump in a tweet<sup id="cite_ref-SCMP-reactions_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCMP-reactions-35">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup></cite> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>President Donald Trump of the United States said he spoke with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on the telephone about the "horrific" massacre and offered assistance should New Zealand needs any.<sup id="cite_ref-SCMP-reactions_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SCMP-reactions-35">&#91;34&#93;</a></sup> </p><p>In a rare move, Trump tweeted and later deleted a post in which he linked to the <a href="/wiki/Breitbart" class="mw-redirect" title="Breitbart">Breitbart</a> homepage, which at the time was featuring an interview in which he urged his supporters to play tough and talked about his executive order on free speech on college campuses. Trump only deletes his tweets in cases of spelling or grammatical errors. This interview was conducted before the Christchurch shootings. Breitbart, formerly run by former Trump chief strategist <a href="/wiki/Steve_Bannon" title="Steve Bannon">Steve Bannon</a>, is known for being anti-Muslim and for providing a platform for white nationalism.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71">&#91;69&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Conspiracy_theories">Conspiracy theories</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=16" title="Edit section: Conspiracy theories">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <p>Conspiracy theories emerged since the <i>day of the attacks</i>. </p> <h3><span id="An_armed_guy_stopped_the_shooter?"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="An_armed_guy_stopped_the_shooter.3F">An armed guy stopped the shooter?</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=17" title="Edit section: An armed guy stopped the shooter?">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Sort of. Abdul Aziz, who was awarded the New Zealand Cross for his actions during the shooting,<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72">&#91;70&#93;</a></sup> managed to scare away Tarrant. At first he used a handheld credit/debit card reader which he threw at the shooter, but eventually he armed himself with an empty firearm that the shooter had dropped outside.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73">&#91;71&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h3><span class="mw-headline" id="False_flag">False flag</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=18" title="Edit section: False flag">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Some wingnuts claimed that the attack was a <a href="/wiki/False_flag" class="mw-redirect" title="False flag">false flag</a> in order to attack right-wing activists.<sup id="cite_ref-74" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-74">&#91;72&#93;</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75">&#91;73&#93;</a></sup> Quite ironically, the shooter himself denied that it was a false flag<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76">&#91;74&#93;</a></sup> all the while promoting "false flag" conspiracy theories about any future shooting. </p> <h3><span id="Jewsdidit/Mossad_conspiracy"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Jewsdidit.2FMossad_conspiracy">Jewsdidit/Mossad conspiracy</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=19" title="Edit section: Jewsdidit/Mossad conspiracy">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h3> <p>Unfortunately, one Muslim leader, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Bhamji" class="extiw" title="wp:Ahmed Bhamji" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Ahmed Bhamji">Ahmed Bhamji</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> made some pretty... ugly... remarks after the shooting, <a href="/wiki/Anti-Semitism" class="mw-redirect" title="Anti-Semitism">blaming the Jews</a>: </p> <blockquote><p>I really want to say one thing today. Do you think this guy was alone... I want to ask you — where did he get the funding from? I stand here and I say I have a very very strong suspicion that there is some group behind him [Tarrant] and I am not afraid to say I feel <a href="/wiki/Mossad" title="Mossad">Mossad</a> is behind this. </p></blockquote> <p><a href="/wiki/Irony_meter" class="mw-redirect" title="Irony meter">Irony meters</a> maxed out, as this was at an anti-racism event.<sup id="cite_ref-77" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-77">&#91;75&#93;</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="See_also">See also</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=20" title="Edit section: See also">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/White_genocide" title="White genocide">White genocide</a>, a conspiracy theory the perpetrator subscribes to</li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_nationalism" title="White nationalism">White nationalism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/8chan" title="8chan">8chan</a>, the website where the shooting was announced</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alt-right" title="Alt-right">Alt-right</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiwi_Farms" title="Kiwi Farms">Kiwi Farms</a>, the website that has the shooter's manifesto and livestream of the shooting (Kiwi Farms is not related to New Zealand despite Kiwi being a term used to denote NZers)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Islamophobia" title="Islamophobia">Islamophobia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Racism" title="Racism">Racism</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PewDiePie#Deadly_violence_and_related_miscellanea" title="PewDiePie">The Poway synagogue shooting</a>, an incident in Poway, California at a Jewish synagogue called the Chabad of Poway killing 1 woman and injuring 3 others. The shooter John T. Earnest was inspired by the Christchurch terrorist attacks.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/8chan#Links_to_terrorism" title="8chan">El Paso Walmart shooting</a>, yet another domestic terrorist attack at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas killing 22 people and injuring 24 others which was not only announced on 8chan but its perpetrator Patrick Crusius specifically praised Christchurch terrorist attacks shooter Brenton Harrison Tarrant and <i>The Great Replacement</i> manifesto when discussing them in his own manifesto <i>The Inconvenient Truth</i>.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Notes">Notes</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=21" title="Edit section: Notes">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="font-size:90%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-17"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-17">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"> Note that not all the fatalities in the Christchurch shootings involved non-whites, however.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-41"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-41">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Even so, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.apnews.com/99e6a9b480a947eab6da194697b8a303">according to AP-NORC polls conducted before and after these shootings, about two-thirds of Americans support stricter gun laws</a>. The shootings had no significant impact on American public opinion regarding gun laws. </span> </li> </ol></div></div> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Christchurch_terrorist_attacks&amp;action=edit&amp;section=22" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r2708880">/* Errors processing stylesheet [[:Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css]] (rev 2708880): • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 44 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 50 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 55 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽background⧼/code⧽ at line 64 character 14. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 96 character 9. • Invalid or unsupported value for property ⧼code⧽color⧼/code⧽ at line 100 character 9. • Invalid media query at line 138 character 8. */ .mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://i.stuff.co.nz/national/111344371/timeline-of-the-christchurch-mosque-shootings">Timeline of the Christchurch mosque shootings</a>". <i>Stuff</i>. 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May 2, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Reuters&amp;rft.date=2019-05-02&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3AChristchurch+terrorist+attacks" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Missing or empty <code class="cs1-code">&#124;title=</code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#citation_missing_title" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span>; <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">Text "<a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-turkey/turk-hurt-in-christchurch-attacks-dies-new-zealand-death-toll-at-51-minister-idUSKCN1S81BL">https://www.reuters.com/article/us-newzealand-shooting-turkey/turk-hurt-in-christchurch-attacks-dies-new-zealand-death-toll-at-51-minister-idUSKCN1S81BL</a> Turk hurt in Christchurch attacks dies, New Zealand death toll at 51: minister" ignored (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#text_ignored" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-charged-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charged_4-0">4.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-charged_4-1">4.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://edition.cnn.cm/2019/03/15/asia/new-zealand-christchurch-mosque-shooting-suspect-intl/index.html">Mass shooting suspect obtained his guns legally, New Zealand prime minister says</a>". <i>CNN</i>. 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The <i>Los Angeles Times</i>. March 16, 2019. Accessed April 13, 2019. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-9">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/107415102/murder-rate-hits-a-40yearlow-police-say">"Murder rate hits a 40-year-low, police say"</a>. <i>Stuff</i>. 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March 16, 2019. Accessed April 13, 2019. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AuBC-China-36"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-0">35.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-1">35.1</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-2">35.2</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-3">35.3</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-4">35.4</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AuBC-China_36-5">35.5</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-19/why-did-it-take-48-hours-for-china-to-remove-nz-shooting-video/10911612">Is Chinese media using the New Zealand mosque shooting as a political opportunity?</a>. ABC (Australia). March 18, 2019. 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Associated Press. March 21, 2019. Accessed March 26, 2019. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-AP-free-speech-42"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AP-free-speech_42-0">40.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-AP-free-speech_42-1">40.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.apnews.com/162e85e9418240d3ae3650c8f59caf56">Banning of manifesto raises free speech debate in N. Zealand</a>. Associated Press. March 24, 2019. Accessed March 26, 2019. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-43">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.apnews.com/0a239060ae3a415592814519e2e3d1fb">New Zealand to probe role of spies, guns in mosque attacks</a>. Associated Press. March 25, 2019. Accessed March 26, 2019.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-index-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-index_44-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.classificationoffice.govt.nz/news/latest-news/christchurch-shooting-video-officially-objectionable/">Christchurch shooting video officially objectionable</a>". <i>Office of Film &amp; Literature Classification</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Office+of+Film+%26+Literature+Classification&amp;rft.atitle=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.classificationoffice.govt.nz%2Fnews%2Flatest-news%2Fchristchurch-shooting-video-officially-objectionable%2F+Christchurch+shooting+video+officially+objectionable%5D&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3AChristchurch+terrorist+attacks" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">&#124;title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-45"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-45">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.businessinsider.my/new-zealand-bans-christchurch-shooter-manifesto-livestream-2019-3/">New Zealand made it illegal for anyone to download or share the Christchurch shooter's manifesto</a>". <i>Business Insider</i>. March 25, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Business+Insider&amp;rft.atitle=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.businessinsider.my%2Fnew-zealand-bans-christchurch-shooter-manifesto-livestream-2019-3%2F+New+Zealand+made+it+illegal+for+anyone+to+download+or+share+the+Christchurch+shooter%E2%80%99s+manifesto%5D&amp;rft.date=2019-03-25&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3AChristchurch+terrorist+attacks" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">&#124;title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-46">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.9news.com.au/2019/03/18/14/49/christchurch-shooting-teen-shared-video-denied-bail">Teenager accused of sharing video of Christchurch terror attack denied bail</a>". <i>9News</i>. March 18, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=9News&amp;rft.atitle=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.9news.com.au%2F2019%2F03%2F18%2F14%2F49%2Fchristchurch-shooting-teen-shared-video-denied-bail+Teenager+accused+of+sharing+video+of+Christchurch+terror+attack+denied+bail%5D&amp;rft.date=2019-03-18&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3AChristchurch+terrorist+attacks" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">&#124;title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-faces-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-faces_47-0">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&amp;objectid=12213778">Christchurch mosque shootings: Faces of the fallen</a>". <i>New Zealand Herald</i>. 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Accessed April 13, 2019. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-57"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-57">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite id="CITEREFWeill2019" class="citation news cs1">Weill, Kelly (May 15, 2019). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://https://www.thedailybeast.com/far-right-leader-martin-sellner-emailed-with-new-zealand-mosque-shooter-brenton-tarrant-months-before-massacre">"Far-Right Leader Martin Sellner Emailed With New Zealand Mosque Shooter Months Before Massacre"</a>. <i>The Daily Beast</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Emails show Brenton Tarrant was invited to meet Identitarian leader Martin Sellner, according to reports in Europe</a> by Jason Wilson (15 May 2019 22.15 EDT) <i>The Guardian</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-trudeau-59"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">↑ <sup><a href="#cite_ref-trudeau_59-0">57.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="#cite_ref-trudeau_59-1">57.1</a></sup></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://pm.gc.ca/eng/news/2019/03/15/statement-prime-minister-terrorist-attack-two-mosques-new-zealand">Statement by the Prime Minister on terrorist attack on two mosques in New Zealand</a>".</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.atitle=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fpm.gc.ca%2Feng%2Fnews%2F2019%2F03%2F15%2Fstatement-prime-minister-terrorist-attack-two-mosques-new-zealand+Statement+by+the+Prime+Minister+on+terrorist+attack+on+two+mosques+in+New+Zealand%5D&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3AChristchurch+terrorist+attacks" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">&#124;title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-60"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-60">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-threat-level-1.5057778">Canadian police bolster presence in wake of New Zealand mosque attacks</a>". <i>CBC</i>. 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March 15, 2019.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&amp;rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&amp;rft.genre=article&amp;rft.jtitle=Global+News&amp;rft.atitle=%5Bhttps%3A%2F%2Fglobalnews.ca%2Fvideo%2F5060515%2Fnew-zealand-shooting-canada-condemns-act-of-terrorism-in-christchurch+New+Zealand+shooting%3A+Canada+condemns+%E2%80%98act+of+terrorism%E2%80%99+in+Christchurch%5D&amp;rft.date=2019-03-15&amp;rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Frationalwiki.org%3AChristchurch+terrorist+attacks" class="Z3988"></span> <span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment"><code class="cs1-code">{{<a href="/wiki/Template:Cite_news" title="Template:Cite news">cite news</a>}}</code>: </span><span class="cs1-visible-error citation-comment">External link in <code class="cs1-code"><code class="cs1-code">&#124;title=</code></code> (<a href="/wiki/Help:CS1_errors#param_has_ext_link" title="Help:CS1 errors">help</a>)</span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-62"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-62">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r2708880"/><cite class="citation news cs1">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/vigil-halifax-christchurch-mosque-shootings-new-zealand-1.5059484">Halifax hosts vigil to mourn victims of Christchurch mosque attacks</a>". <i>CBC</i>. 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