People place flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens as a tribute to victims of the mosque attacks in Christchurch on March 17, 2019. At least 50 people were killed and 36 injured in mass shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch Friday, 15 March. A 28-year-old Australian born, man Brenton Tarrant, appeared in Christchurch District Court on Saturday charged with murder. (Photo by Sanka Vidanagama/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Source: Time
Among the victims killed in the horrific shootings at two Christchurch, New Zealand, mosques on March 15 are a goalkeeper for the national futsal team, a Pakistani academic who tried to stop the gunman and dozens of others, many of them immigrants to New Zealand.
50 people were killed in the attacks, which were carried out as the victims gathered at the two mosques for Friday prayers. 36 more are still in the hospital, with 11 in critical condition, according to New Zealand Police.
The attack is the deadliest in New Zealand’s modern history, and its apparent ties to a toxic online culture of hate and extremism, have left the island nation and the rest of the world reeling.
Categories: New Zealand, Terrorism