Traditional media outlets, reflecting the desire to capture attention and ad views, continued to pour gasoline on the fire, with some idiotic titles even embedding or linking to the shooting video on their websites. THE suspects behind the New Zealand shooting that has left at least 49 people dead were not on any security watchlists, it has been revealed. Members of the Bangladesh cricket team, currently on tour in New Zealand, said on social media that they had nearly been caught up in the tragedy. Social networks then amplified the problem, with a torrent of information and misinformation around the shooting. "I have been calling my friends but there are many I haven't heard from. He told the New Zealand Herald: "At first we thought it was an electric shock but then all these people started running." Witness Mohan Ibrahim said he was one of 200 people in the Masjid Al Noor mosque on Deans Avenue when he heard shots fired. "What has happened here is an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence," she said.
Ms Ardern had earlier called it "one of New Zealand's darkest days". Mosques in Deans Avenue and Linwood Avenue were targeted in the attack, but police urged all mosques across New Zealand to shut their doors in the wake of the incident. Officers responded to reports of shots fired in central Christchurch at about 1.40pm local time (12.40am GMT), and urged people in the area to stay indoors.Īll schools in the city were put into lockdown as the situation unfolded. "I am not going to let this change New Zealand's profile, none of us should." This is a place where people should feel secure and will feel secure. This is not an enclave for that kind of behaviour, for that kind of ideology. Reddit banned two contentious but popular groups that regularly featured human injury and death following the widespread sharing of videos of the New Zealand terrorist incident on Friday. "We reject those notions and we must continue to reject them.
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