Shocked Bangladesh cricket team escape Christchurch mosque shooting, 49 died, 20 injured

[Bengal71]

Do you think anything like this will happen?

The world reacts to New Zealand mosque attacks
Leaders from around the world react to the deadly attacks on two mosques in Christchurch during Friday prayers.

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Political leaders from across the world have expressed their condemnation at the deadly shooting at two mosques in New Zealand on Friday.


Forty people were killed and at least 20 suffered serious injuries in "terrorist" shootingstargeting two mosques during Friday prayers in the city of Christchurch, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

Police say three men and one woman are in custody in connection with the attacks.

The timing of the shootings and the posting on social media of what appeared to be live, point-of-view video footage of the assault by a gunman added to the distress of many.

Here is how political leaders around the world initially reacted to the incident.

Indonesia

Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority country, strongly condemned the shooting as authorities were checking on whether any of its citizens were victims.

"The government and the people of Indonesia convey deep condolences to the victims and their families," Foreign minister Minister Retno Marsudi said in a statement.

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She was earlier cited by media as saying six Indonesians had been inside the mosque when the attack occurred, with three managing to escape and three still unaccounted for.

Malaysia

In Muslim-majority Malaysia, Anwar Ibrahim, the leader of the biggest party in its ruling coalition, said one Malaysian had been wounded in the attack he described as a "black tragedy facing humanity and universal peace".

"I am deeply saddened by this uncivilised act, which goes against humanistic values and took the lives of civilians," he said in a statement.

"We extend our deepest sympathies and condolences to the families of the victims and the people of New Zealand."

Turkey

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman condemned what he called a "racist and fascist" attack.

"This attack shows the point which hostility to Islam and enmity to Muslims has reached," Ibrahim Kalin wrote on Twitter.

"We have seen many times Islamophobic discourse against Islam and Muslims turning into a perverse and murderous ideology. The world must raise its voice against such discourse and must say stop to Islamophobic fascist terrorism," he said.

Afghanistan

Afghanistan's ambassador to Australia, New Zealand and Fiji, Wahidullah Waissi, said on Twitter three Afghans had been wounded.

"My thoughts are with the family of Afghan origin who've been shot and killed at this heinous incident."

Pakistan

Pakistan's Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad Faisal condemned the incident on social media, using the hashtag #pakistanagainstterror.

"Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi has condemned in the strongest terms the tragic terrorist attack in #Christchurch, #NewZeland," he wrote in a tweet.

"FM has expressed condolences over loss of innocent lives in the heinous attack," he added.

Australia

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said his country stood with New Zealand after the tragic attack.

"We stand here and condemn, absolutely the attack that occurred today by an extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist," Morrison told a press conference.

He confirmed media reports that the gunman who mowed down worshippers in the main mosque in the southern New Zealand city of Christchurch was an Australian-born citizen, without providing further details.

"We are not just allies, we are not just partners, we are family," he said.


"It is such a sad and devastating reminder of the evil that can be ever present about us," Morrison said of the attacks.

Scott Morison himself is a right wing guy. So are Tony Abott and Peter Dutton.

 

[Black_cats]

Death toll raised to 49.

Christchurch Shooting Live Updates: 49 Are Dead After 2 Mosques Are Hit

Police officers outside one of the mosques that was attacked in central Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday.CreditMark Baker/Associated Press

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Police officers outside one of the mosques that was attacked in central Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday.CreditCreditMark Baker/Associated Press


By The New York Times

• March 15, 2019
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• Forty-nine people were killed in shootings at two mosques in central Christchurch, New Zealand,on Friday, in a terrorist attack that Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described as “an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence.”

• Officials said that one man in his late 20s had been charged with murder, and that two explosive devices were found attached to a vehicle that they had stopped.

• A Muslim leader in New Zealand said the attack was especially shocking as it took place around Friday Prayer. The police urged people to stay away from the mosques until further notice.

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The country’s police commissioner, Mike Bush, said in an evening news conference that 41 people had been killed at Al Noor Mosque and seven at Linwood Mosque, and that a further victim haddied at Christchurch Hospital.

The police said that four people, including three men and one woman, had been taken into custody. Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia said that one of them was Australian.

Mr. Bush said that a man in his late 20s had been charged with murder and would appear in Christchurch court on Saturday morning. A number of firearms were recovered from the scenes of the shootings, he said.

Of the three others who were arrested, the police commissioner said that one might have had nothing to do with the attack and that the police were working to determine how the other two might have been involved.

Ms. Ardern said earlier that none of those detained were on security watch lists.

Two explosive devices were found on one vehicle, Mr. Bush said, adding that the police had defused one and were in the process of defusing the other.

Mr. Bush had earlier urged people not to go to mosques anywhere in New Zealand on Friday. He also urged mosques nationally to “close your doors until you hear from us again.”

— CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and MEGAN SPECIA


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/15/world/asia/new-zealand-shooting-updates-christchurch.html

 

[Chhatrapati]

RIP to the dead.

Glad BD cricketers escape the ordeal.

 

[Comet]

Brown guy; Terrorist, Terror attack, Islamic extremist
White guy; Shooter, Gunman, Mass shooting

Sums it up pretty well

 

[Areesh]

Hindutva terrorists of India want whole BD cricket team dead

 

[monitor]

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হামলাকারীর লক্ষ্য ছিল বাংলাদেশের ক্রিকেটাররা

15 Mar, 2019

নিউজিল্যান্ডের ক্রাইস্টচার্চে মসজিদে ভয়াবহ এই হামলায় হামলাকারীর লক্ষ্য ছিল বাংলাদেশ ক্রিকেটাররা। হামলার সঙ্গে জড়িত সন্দেহে একজনকে আটক করেছে পুলিশ। তিনি পুলিশের হেফাজতে রয়েছেন। আটক ব্যক্তি অস্ট্রেলিয়ান নাগরিক বলে জানিয়েছে স্থানীয় সংবাদ মাধ্যম।

হামলাকারী হামলার সময় সামাজিক যোগাযোগ মাধ্যমে লাইভ ভিডিও করেছে। হামলার দুইদিন আগেও তিনি হামলার প্রস্তুতি সম্পর্কে জানিয়েছিলেন। মুসলিমবিদ্বেষী এই যুবক বৃহস্পতিবার (১৪ মার্চ) হামলার কথা জানিয়েছিল। কিন্তু আন্তর্জাতিকভাবে নজরে পড়তে ওই মসজিদে বাংলাদেশি ক্রিকেটাররা নামাজ পড়তে যেতে পারেন এই লক্ষ্য নিয়ে আজ হামলার পরিকল্পনা করেন বলে ধারণা করছে দেশটির কর্তৃপক্ষ। নিউজিল্যান্ডের গণমাধ্যম সুত্রে এ তথ্য জানা গেছে।

এর আগে শুক্রবার (১৫ মার্চ) জুমার নামাজের সময় এই গোলাগুলি শুরু হয়। এক বন্দুকধারী জুম্মার আযানের পর স্থানীয় আল নুর মসজিদে হামলা চালায়। হামলায় অন্তত ২৭ জন নিহত হয়েছেন। ৩ বাংলাদেশিসহ বেশ কয়েকজন আহত হয়েছেন। নিহতের সংখ্যা বাড়তে পারে।

বাংলাদেশ দলের বাস তখন মসজিদের সামনে। ক্রিকেটাররা বাস থেকে নেমে মসজিদে ঢুকবেন, এমন সময় রক্তাক্ত শরীরের একজন মহিলা ভেতর থেকে টলোমলো পায়ে বেরিয়ে এসে হুমড়ি খেয়ে পড়ে যান। ক্রিকেটাররা তখনো বুঝতে পারেননি ঘটনা কী। তাঁরা হয়তো মসজিদে ঢুকেই যেতেন, যদি না বাসের পাশের একটা গাড়ি থেকে এক ভদ্রমহিলা বাংলাদেশের ক্রিকেটারদের বলতেন, ‘ভেতরে গোলাগুলি হয়েছে। আমার গাড়িতেও গুলি লেগেছে। তোমরা ভেতরে ঢোকো না।’

ক্রিকেটাররা তখন বাসেই অবরুদ্ধ হয়ে আটকা পড়ে থাকেন বেশ কিছুক্ষণ। কারণ পুলিশ ততক্ষণে রাস্তায় গাড়ি চলাচল বন্ধ করে দিয়েছে। বাসে বসেই তাঁরা দেখতে পান, মসজিদের সামনে অনেকে রক্তাক্ত অবস্থায় পড়ে আছেন। অনেকে রক্তাক্ত শরীর নিয়ে বেরিয়ে আসছেন মসজিদ থেকে। যা দেখে আতঙ্কে অস্থির হয়ে পড়েন ক্রিকেটাররা। কারণ বাসে কোনো নিরাপত্তাকর্মী দূরে থাক, স্থানীয় লিয়াজোঁ অফিসারও ছিলেন না।

বাংলাদেশ দলের মসজিদে ঢোকার কথা ছিল দুপুর দেড়টায়। সংবাদ সম্মেলন শেষ করে যেতে যেতে ১টা ৪০ বেজে যায়। বাংলাদেশ দলের বাস আর ২ মিনিট আগে মসজিদে পৌঁছে গেলে ক্রিকেটাররা সন্ত্রাসী হামলার সময় মসজিদের ভেতরেই থাকতেন। তাহলে কী হতে পারত, আর যা দেখেছেন-দুটি মিলিয়ে মুশফিকুর রহিম হাঁটতে হাঁটতেই অঝোরে কাঁদতে শুরু করেন।

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[Avicenna]

Glad to see CNN called it terrorism.

https://www.cnn.com/

49 killed in terrorist attacks on New Zealand mosques

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[Fawadqasim1]

For white people everything is a game, he knows he will be caught alive and put in jail , his race/religion/nationality wont be targeted , if it was a Muslim we would have seen talks about kick all Muslims, Shut All mosques, Every Muslims must apologize and other this kind of comments on Western Media .

absolutely

 

[Gandh brandi]

Either place of worship or place of sin, nothing's safe these days.
And it would be interesting how they classify this. Terrorism or Hate crime. What muddles the water is that some reports say he said "subscribe to pewdiepie". Dragging Felix to the mud as well.

 

[Black_cats]

'Trump is a symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose': New Zealand gunman's sick manifesto reveals he supported the president and wanted to spark 'a civil war in the U.S.' by massacring dozens
By Dianne Apen-sadler For Mailonline04:55 EDT 15 Mar 2019, updated 10:07 EDT 15 Mar 2019

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• Brenton Tarrant, from Grafton, New South Wales published 74-page manifesto
• It explained his desire to spark a civil war in the US and 'save' the white race
• The Australian terrorist, 28, said he saw Trump as 'symbol of renewed white identity'
• He said his plan was inspired by the 2017 Stockholm truck attack in which five people were killed by an Uzbek asylum seeker
• The sickening manifesto also includes photographs of white children and poems
• President Trump denounced his act as a 'horrible massacre' on Friday
• The attack is worst in New Zealand's history, with 49 killed and 48 injured
• Tarrant is in custody along with another three men and a woman

The Trump-supporting white supremacist who launched a massacre at a New Zealand mosque revealed that he hoped to spark a 'civil war in the U.S.' in his sick manifesto and described the American president as a 'symbol of renewed white identity'.

The gunman, who identified himself on Twitter as Brenton Tarrant from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, livestreamed the mass shooting inside the Al Noor Mosque.

Tarrant posted a 74-page manifesto explaining the reasons behind the shooting, which is New Zealand's worst ever terrorist attack, leaving 49 dead and 48 injured.

In the document, Tarrant said that he supported President Donald Trump as a 'symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose' but not as a 'policy maker'.

The 28-year-old terrorist claimed he chose to use a gun over other weapons because it would spark a debate around the second amendment.

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Terrorist Brenton Tarrant from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, revealed that he hoped to spark a 'civil war in the U.S.' in his sick manifesto

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In the document, he said he supported President Donald Trump as a 'symbol of renewed white identity and common purpose' but not as a 'policy maker'

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Tarrant, 28, also said that he chose firearms to provoke a debate about the second amendment that he hoped would lead to a 'fracturing of the U.S. along cultural and racial lines'
Tarrant added: 'With enough pressure the left wing within the United States will seek to abolish the second amendment, and the right wing within the U.S. will see this as an attack on their very freedom and liberty.

'This attempted abolishment (sic) of rights by the left will result in a dramatic polarization of the people in the United States and eventually a fracturing of the US along cultural and racial lines.'

He made repeated reference to being European throughout and said that his plan -which he said was two years in the making - was inspired by the Stockholm truck attack in April 2017.

He said he wanted to avenge those killed in that attack which was carried out by Uzbek asylum seeker Rakhmat Akilov.

Tarrant wrote that by using guns to commit the attack, it would fuel the debate over firearms in the US and lead to them being banned.

His other heroes include the right wing commentator Candace Owens.'Each time she spoke I was stunned by her insights and her own views helped push me further and further into the belief of violence over meekness.

His hope was that this in turn would spark a civil war and that 'eventually', it would lead to 'the balkanization of the US'.

Trump tweeted on Friday morning that it was a 'horrible massacre'. He has extended the US's full support to New Zealand as it reels from the atrocity.

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President Trump decried the attack as a 'horrible massacre' in a tweet on Friday morning
Owens is yet to make a sympathetic remark about the atrocity and responded 'LOL!' with a crying face emoji when Twitter users pointed out she had been mentioned in his manifesto.

The manifesto also included photographs of white children and poems.

Tarrant launched the attack at Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch on the country's South Island at about 1.30pm as Friday prayers were underway.

At about the same time, what appears to be a second shooter opened fire at at mosque in Linwood, which is within 10km of the first attack.

Early reports indicated a shooting at Christchurch Hospital. However, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the mosques were the lone targets.

She did confirm multiple bombs were attached to two cars belonging to the suspects near the mosque.

The explosives were disarmed before they could detonate.

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He launched the attack at about 1.30pm as Friday prayers were underway, shooting at children and killing dozens

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[ADIL SHERDIL]

I saw the video and I m still shaking. The way he murdered innocent and the way he was laughing made me sick. I agree terrorism should be condemned and the loss of innocent should be condemned.
May Allah grant the martyred high level of jannat and give strength to their family members.
Thanks God Bangladesh team wasn't there.

 

[CHACHA"G"]

We lost too much today...…………. I just cannot explain my pain in words...………….
Also I am glade that BD cricket team is safe….. Just imagine if they were their 5 minutes before ….. Just 5 minutes and they may all died …….. They were very lucky ………..

 

[Neptune_]

We lost too much today...…………. I just cannot explain my pain in words...………….
Also I am glade that BD cricket team is safe….. Just imagine if they were their 5 minutes before ….. Just 5 minutes and they may all died …….. They were very lucky ………..

Stupid NZ cricket board didn't provide them any security. They were almost on their own.

Can't believe that security of a national team can be that relaxed.

 

[CHACHA"G"]

Stupid NZ cricket board didn't provide them any security. They were almost on their own.

Can't believe that security of a national team can be that relaxed.

Not almost , , There was no security … they were on their own , if security was there , they can stop them in hotel , they can stop them on there way to Masjid...…….. But no one stopped them . Team reached masjid...…….. There they find out attacking is happening …… Just imagine if they were arrive 5 minutes early ……….
Your team Is Extremely Lucky ……. that's it ……. It was their Luck ...

 

[monitor]

A ugly face of our friends .
by the way our cricket team were going to mosque without any protection from Newzeland authority , they narrowly escape the death . just before entering the mosque they were told by a lady shooting is going inside mosque .