Mass shootings at two mosques full of worshipers attending Friday prayers killed 49 people on what the prime minister called “one of New Zealand’s darkest days,” as authorities detained four people and defused explosive devices in what appeared to be a carefully planned racist attack.
New Zealand Mosque Attacks
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People wait outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019.
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People stand across the road from a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019.
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Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 15, 2019.
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Armed police patrol outside a mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.