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New Zealand Court Set To Sentence Mosque Shooter

The sentencing of an Australian white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers in New Zealand - and live-streamed the massacre - was set to begin amid tight security in a Christchurch court on Monday.The court building - where Brenton Tarrant will hear statements from 66 survivors - was sealed off with large orange barriers as armed police stood guard.Sniffer dogs checked lines of court staff and media queueing at security points on a grey, rainy morning in the South Island city.&nbsp

24 August 2020
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New Zealand's PM vows never to speak killer's name

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed Tuesday never to utter the name of the twin-mosque gunman as she opened a sombre session of parliament with an evocative "as salaam alaikum" message of peace to Muslims. "He will face the full force of the law in New Zealand," Ardern promised grieving Kiwis, while promising that she would deprive the man who slaughtered 50 people in Christchurch of the publicity he craved."He sought many things from his act of t

19 March 2019
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49 Killed In Terror Attack On New Zealand Mosques

A "right-wing extremist" armed with semi-automatic weapons rampaged through two mosques in the quiet New Zealand city of Christchurch during afternoon prayers Friday, killing 49 worshippers and wounding dozens more.The attack, thought to be the deadliest against Muslims in the West in modern times, was immediately dubbed terrorism by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, as she guided a shocked nation on one of its "darkest days."The attacker live-streamed footage of him going ro

16 March 2019
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Grenade attack kills two at Philippines mosque

A grenade attack on a mosque in the troubled southern Philippines killed two people early Wednesday, authorities said, just days after a deadly Catholic cathedral bombing and a vote backing Muslim self-rule.The blast tore through the building as the victims were sleeping in the pre-dawn darkness on the insurgency-plagued island of Mindanao, which is home to the Philippines' Muslim minority.Blood-streaked prayer mats and shattered glass could be seen on the floor inside the mosque where h

30 January 2019
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