Tsatsarov added that the suspect had a very good knowledge of the region’s history.ĬNN has confirmed that Tarrant also visited Pakistan in October 2018. Tarrant visited Bulgaria and Romania in late 2018, Bulgarian Prosecutor General Sotir Tsatsarov told journalists on Friday, according to state news agency BTA. Internet service providers in Australia have temporarily blocked access to dozens of websites, including 4chan and 8chan, that hosted video of last weeks New Zealand mass shooting. New Zealand has already moved to ban the live stream video and manifesto apparently published by the alleged shooter, which is said to specifically cite the mosque shootings as a source of. At least 49 people were killed and 20 seriously injured in mass shootings at two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch Friday, in a carefully planned and unprecedented atrocity that. NZ Herald 15 Mar, 2019 09:30 AM4 mins to read A horrific shooting at a Christchurch mosque was livestreamed for 17 minutes by the gunman. In the hate-filled “manifesto” sent to New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern and others shortly before the mosque attacks, Tarrant wrote that his world view had changed dramatically while traveling in Europe in 2017. Local news agencies have also reported that Tarrant visited the Balkan nations of Serbia and Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Croatia in late 2016 and early 2017. She remains in custody for questioning.Įarlier on Sunday, police said that a 24-year-old man had been arrested over a social media post pledging support for the New Zealand shooter.Īssistant Chief Constable for Greater Manchester Police, Russ Jackson, condemned the acts as “disgusting,” and said that police would seek prosecution of those involved if there is evidence.ĭetails have continued to emerge about the extensive travels of the suspected gunman, Brenton Tarrant, before the Christchurch attack.ĬNN has confirmed that Tarrant visited Egypt and Greece in March of 2016, and Turkish state broadcaster TRT reports that he visited Turkey the same month, before returning in September and staying in the country for around seven weeks. Houston police released body cam video that shows the terrifying moments when a shooter started firing at Joel Osteens Lakewood Church in Houston.
Separately, police said they also arrested a 38-year-old woman in Rochdale after comments she made about the New Zealand attack online. Officers were called to Queensway, Rochdale, over a report that a taxi driver was being abused and threatened by people who were referencing the terror attacks in New Zealand, police said in a statement.Ī 33-year-old man and a 34-year-old woman were arrested on suspicion of "racially aggravated" offenses and will be interviewed later today, police said. Three more people were arrested in the United Kingdom on Sunday after reports of incidents that Greater Manchester Police called "racially aggravated." Platforms including 4chan, 8chan, and LiveLeak hosted footage of the New Zealand mosque attacks that killed 50 people last week. There are reports six people are dead after a shooting at a mosque in the South Island town of Christchurch.