His screed suggested he was about to carry out a murderous attack on Muslims in New Zealand, a country he said was ‘target rich’ for his immigrant death wish
It may have all started Friday morning when someone claiming to be a 28-year-old “ordinary white” Australian posted a chilling, 74-page manifesto on the internet.
More than an hour later, the suspected gunman was arrested in a dramatic takedown on a Christchurch sidewalk, police later charging a 28-year-old man with murder. By then, the world was in shock. The man fished a long gun from the front seat of the car, then walked around and opened the hatchback, revealing a number of other weapons, all covered in white writing, much of it referencing typical “heroes” and symbols of white hate groups.
Inside the mosque, he fired at people crouching in fear, a strobe light attached to his automatic rifle flashing constantly. At first, faint screaming can be heard on the fuzzy soundtrack amidst the rattle of the gun, then there is near silence. Someone else smashed a window and jumped out, so Tavis followed, running for his life as more shooting reverberated from inside. He said he scaled a 1.5-metre fence and sought refuge in a neighbour’s home.“She got the bullet, her husband got away,” Tavis recounted to the Herald. “She was gone, she was no more.”
David Meates, the chief executive of the Canterbury District Health Board, said 48 people, including young children, were treated for injuries. Two were in critical condition. The courageous mosque employee chased after the shooter, trying in vain to fire the gun he had taken from him but “there were people waiting for him in the car and he fled,” the witness said.
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