Shooting at Christchurch Mosque

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A gunman has reportedly opened fire in the Christchurch Mosque near Hagley Park.

The former president of the Muslim Association of Canterbury Mohammed Jama said a man with a gun went into the mosque about 1.40pm on Friday.

He saw about four people injured and two people lying on the ground. He did not know if they were alive or dead.

Police urged anyone in central Christchurch to stay indoors and report any suspicious behaviour immediately to 111.

Police have cleared Cathedral Square, where thousands of children were rallying for action on climate change.

Armed police were also trying to clear Deans Ave and Hagley Park. A large number of police were also reportedly at Christchurch Hospital.
A reporter at the scene said the mood was very tense. A lot of people were gathered around the mosque.

A nearby business owner said a lot of people were praying at the mosque at the time of the incident.

"I heard 20 or more gunshots I thought something happened and the people were running on the other side of Deans Avenue and now I can see so many police."
A man who ran from the mosque told him the shooting happened there.

One woman in the area said she was told by police there was a shooter in Hagley Park.

Another witness reported hearing at least 20 gunshots and saw what she thought was three people on the ground.

A witness said he saw two people walking out of the mosque. A car was chasing the people along Deans Ave and the people in the car started shooting at them, he said.

A person at the scene said armed police were searching for someone in North Hagley Park. Two ambulances had arrived at the scene.

Christchurch Girls' and Christchurch Boys' high schools and Hagley Community College have been placed into lock down.

Parents of Christchurch Girls' students were sent text messages about 2.05pm, which said: "This is not an exercise."

A witness at the scene said she heard a "bunch of shots" from a building on Deans Ave.

She saw police on the corner of Lester Ln and Deans Ave in Christchurch.

They went outside the building, but police stayed them to stay inside.

"We heard police telling a gunman to put their hands up," she said.



Not a lot of info on this yet, guarantee this a right-wing terrorist attack.

Damn you beat me to it by a minute (I was typing up a post about this just as you posted it)

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God damn, reality really is merging with the internet. William Atchison, Alek Minassian, and now this! What the f*ck.

Nice find! Downloading it now before it gets deleted

Judging by facebook account he's one of the alt-right, ew.

Also he's uploaded a lot of files, can't wait to see what's on them and hopefully someone will download them before they are deleted.

Which one of us said that it was only a matter of time before someone livestreamed a shooting?

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think all the files are ultimately the same manifesto. Really though, just what the fuck is up with the world.
He clearly killed/injured a large amount of people, definitely double digit casualties, probably deaths too.

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I think that livestreaming the last moments of a bunch of other people (and potentially himself) is just really messed up because it is incredibly hard for watchers to truly comprehend in depth just how it would actually be like to be there, how crazy it would be. People sitting at home on their computers cannot even remotely relate to a batshit insane scenario like that.

The only pics I can find on his Facebook that isn't Neo Nazi propaganda:

People waterrafting (I assume the one in front is him):

People in North Korea of all places:

Holy shit, I can't believe how brutal that is. I couldn't even imagine how terrifying that must be for the people in there.

Him livestreaming it made it look like he was playing a video game, and I just despise that. Even for his own sake, he shouldn't have livestreamed it because actually going out and killing people, especially unarmed ones, is nothing to reduce to seeming like Call of Duty. It's like livestreaming your own suicide. Just keep that stuff to yourself.

From what I can tell the weapons he uses are a semi-automatic shotgun and an AR-15, which if were legal, I highly suspect this is going to be used to push further gun control.

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Armed police have been deployed following a shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Police declared a “critical incident” at the Masjid Al Noor mosque and said an “active shooter” was in the area.

Radio New Zealand (RNZ), the public broadcaster, cited a witness as saying he had seen four people on the ground and “blood everywhere”.

A further witness claimed a man opened fire inside the mosque with an automatic weapon, while witness Len Peneha told AP he saw a man dressed in black enter the building before shots rang out.

Mr Peneha said he then saw the gunman flee before police arrived and that when he went inside he saw “dead people everywhere”.

Others witnesses told the New Zealand Herald they had heard more than two dozen gunshots.

Canterbury Police said on Twitter: “We have a critical incident in Deans Ave Christchurch. Please avoid the area. We will give more in the near future.”

Members of the Bangladesh cricket team were reportedly caught up in the incident.

RNZ reported that a second mosque in the suburb of Linwood was also swarmed by armed police.

New Zealand police commissioner Mike Bush said in a statement: “Police are responding [at] full capability to manage the situation, but the risk environment remains extremely high.

“Police recommend that residents across Christchurch remain off the streets and indoors until further notice. Christchurch schools will be locked down until further notice.”

“Horrified to hear of Christchurch mosque shootings. There is never a justification for that sort of hatred,” said Amy Adams, a member of parliament from the city.


This New Zealand's second and now I guess most deadly Mass Shooting.

So is he on the run in his car? Going to an hero or get shot to death by police? Captured even?
find out today on this episode of internet meets reality

Archive of his twitter:

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I just saw a twitter video of the livestream in his car, he says "Remember mads, subscribe to Pewdiepie." Fucking hell.

His manifesto:

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Wonder what the kill count is? I noticed he went back and made sure to shoot the bodies- he planned it well. Like [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] said, definitely double digits, at least.

Shooter maybe dead:

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"A second shooting has occurred at a mosque in suburb of Linwood"
Holy shit! This guy managed to do what Dylann Roof tried to! I'm impressed.

Gun control is failing everywhere in the world.

Mh_12rm_66 wrote:

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Jesus fucking christ! You can tell this guy wanted attention judging by how he livestreamed it.

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"A second shooting has occurred at a mosque in suburb of Linwood"
Holy shit! This guy managed to do what Dylann Roof tried to! I'm impressed.

Jesus Christ. No way is this a coincidence, this was a planned attack.

So did he stream the second shooting?
Like Sam Hyde, HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!!

(I have a bad sense of humor, sorry)

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Mh_12rm_66 wrote:

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Jesus fucking christ! You can tell this guy wanted attention judging by how he livestreamed it.

It was an extremely shrewd move on his part- he took a terrorist tactic most associated with Islamic extremist groups (the filming of a murder or murders) and utilized for his attack against muslims. This was an exceptionally well planned attack. If other would be terrorists learns from his example, well, it won't bode well.

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So did he stream the second shooting?
Like Sam Hyde, HE CAN'T KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH IT!!!

(I have a bad sense of humor, sorry)

I'm pretty sure it's different people.

The shooter told us to subscribe to PewDiePie. I can't anymore.

This is going to sound bad no matter how I say it but I'm just going to say it anyways.
I'm glad he livestreamed it. It's horrible that he murdered anyone at all, but if he's going to go on a shooting spree, I'd rather have him stream it than not stream it.

All the images he uploaded to his twitter account:

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Jesus Christ did this guy write a lot on his gun and Magazines, a lot of the words seem to be names, I wonder what they all mean?

This guy is such a joke of a human bean. It's like if a meme became real and decided to gun down people. It's hard to even process it. I don't think he was full-blown crazy, just clearly unhinged and radicalized beyond belief by wasting all of his time on fascist sites.

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Jesus Christ did this guy write a lot on his gun and Magazines, a lot of the words seem to be names, I wonder what they all mean?

Rotherham- wasn't there some mostly muslim rape gang there or something?
Vienna 1683- I think there was a battle here between muslim and European armies
Alexandre Bissonette- Quebec Mosque shooter
I'm pretty sure the rest are a bunch of medieval European leaders who fought against the ottoman empire.

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All the images he uploaded to his twitter account:

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Jesus Christ did this guy write a lot on his gun and Magazines, a lot of the words seem to be names, I wonder what they all mean?

I recognize a few of the things written there. "Vienna 1683" is referring to a battle in the 1600's where the Christian coalition of European countries defeated the Ottomans who had besieged Vienna for a while. And the the this is for "Alex Bissonette" refers to the Quebec Mosque shooter while "Luca Traini" refers to an Italian shooter who killed ~4 migrants in a drive by shooting spree a year or two ago. Some of the other stuff doesn't appear to be written in English.

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holy shit this guy just doesn't give a damn
this is so fucking surreal. I honestly have no idea how the news is going to cover a guy this drenched in memes and sarcasm

Well maybe Muslim's better stop blaming everybody but themselves. I had to be the guy to say it. Muslim terrorists come into our countries and kill and hurt us. All because of loons like Osama Bin Laden and Abu Bakar Al Bhagdadi. It was only a matter of time until something like this happened because of 9/11, 7/11, Bataclan, Nice, Pulse Orlando, and the North African, Egyptian, Libyan, and middle east migrant terrorists coming to America and Europe and all the rapes, stabbings, terrorism, car rammings, acid attacks, beatings, bombings. It's a holy war now for lack of a better metaphor.

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What the hell is going on? Is the guy not dead, or is this really a planned terrorist attack?

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Well maybe Muslim's better stop blaming everybody but themselves. I had to be the guy to say it. Muslim terrorists come into our countries and kill and hurt us. All because of loons like Osama Bin Laden and Abu Bakar Al Bhagdadi. It was only a matter of time until something like this happened because of 9/11, 7/11, Bataclan, Nice, Pulse Orlando, and the North African, Egyptian, Libyan, and middle east migrant terrorists coming to America and Europe and all the rapes, stabbings, terrorism, car rammings, acid attacks, beatings, bombings. It's a holy war now for lack of a better metaphor.

Are you seriously defending this guy? What the fuck?

@Tommy QTR No reason to bully our local InfoWars user! lmao

Oh god this guy played the British grenadiers song in his car, what a fucking asshole. Every time I now hear this song I'm going to think of this lunatic killing people. Also judging by the livestream this guy had a lot more guns than the ones he used.

Tommy QTR wrote:

thedarkmessiah wrote:

Well maybe Muslim's better stop blaming everybody but themselves. I had to be the guy to say it. Muslim terrorists come into our countries and kill and hurt us. All because of loons like Osama Bin Laden and Abu Bakar Al Bhagdadi. It was only a matter of time until something like this happened because of 9/11, 7/11, Bataclan, Nice, Pulse Orlando, and the North African, Egyptian, Libyan, and middle east migrant terrorists coming to America and Europe and all the rapes, stabbings, terrorism, car rammings, acid attacks, beatings, bombings. It's a holy war now for lack of a better metaphor.

Are you seriously defending this guy? What the fuck?

I have repeatedly seen people argue that "Islamophobia" and cultural insensitivity is to blame for radicalizing the perpetrators of islamic terror attacks, and how we need to be more "culturally sensitive" to muslims.
It is almost certain that terrorist attacks such as the ones [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] mentioned helped radicalize the individual behind this attack-why is it a crime to expect muslims to be more sensitive to how islamic terror attacks and atrocities affect non-muslims?

This shit is actually leaving me speechless.

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Tommy QTR wrote:

thedarkmessiah wrote:

Well maybe Muslim's better stop blaming everybody but themselves. I had to be the guy to say it. Muslim terrorists come into our countries and kill and hurt us. All because of loons like Osama Bin Laden and Abu Bakar Al Bhagdadi. It was only a matter of time until something like this happened because of 9/11, 7/11, Bataclan, Nice, Pulse Orlando, and the North African, Egyptian, Libyan, and middle east migrant terrorists coming to America and Europe and all the rapes, stabbings, terrorism, car rammings, acid attacks, beatings, bombings. It's a holy war now for lack of a better metaphor.

Are you seriously defending this guy? What the fuck?

I have repeatedly seen people argue that "Islamophobia" and cultural insensitivity is to blame for radicalizing the perpetrators of islamic terror attacks, and how we need to be more "culturally sensitive" to muslims.
It is almost certain that terrorist attacks such as the ones [You must be registered and logged in to see this link.] mentioned helped radicalize the individual behind this attack-why is it a crime to expect muslims to be more sensitive to how islamic terror attacks and atrocities affect non-muslims?

That's no excuse to massacre innocent people. Not a single person that piece of shit murdered had anything to do with those attacks. And this guy was most likely radicalised by right-wing fascist websites.

So many people in his own thread heavily glorified him like he was literally God. I think this one has the potential for copycatting on the same level as or possibly even beyond that of E&D and Elliot Rodger just because he'll live on in the internet forever regardless of what happens to him in the 'real world'. His 74 page manifesto seems to depict him as being a generally ordinary guy who became disaffected over time, so I guarantee it will resonate with many people who share similar ideological beliefs to him.

Chris Harper-Mercer made a 4chan /r9k/ thread but didn't receive attention like this because he killed far fewer people, didn't attention whore this hard (gruesome while simultaneously meme-tier livestream), and had a trashy six page manifesto. Not to mention how Harper-Mercer tried too hard to copycat and worshipped Elliot Rodger, and Harper-Mercer also lacked a truly solid ideology.

I'm guessing over 20 people died, maybe even over 30, 40, 50, who the hell knows at this point? I can hardly keep up with this pure internet insanity.

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Some reports are now saying 27 people have been killed.

The full livestream is rough. This was definitely planned. The shooter was cold and calculated in that stream. He went back for the dead bodies.

Is the shooter dead as of yet or?

I also noticed he had jerry cans in his car, I hope this guy isn't planning to do a bomb attack as well.

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I also noticed he had jerry cans in his car, I hope this guy isn't planning to do a bomb attack as well.

Im on a true crime fb page and people are reporting a bomb in a car that was parked not far from the first church.

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The full livestream is rough. This was definitely planned. The shooter was cold and calculated in that stream. He went back for the dead bodies.

Is the shooter dead as of yet or?

I agree. I have my limits when it comes to watching mass shooting videos, and watching a guy mercilessly killing a bunch of people inside a mosque, and even seeing him walking up to a women begging for help before executing her... it's just too much for me.

As for if he is dead or not... I don't know at all.