CHRISTCHURCH - Armed police in New Zealand swarmed central Christchurch on Friday amid reports of shootings at multiple mosques in the South Island city, and witnesses told media of dozens of people being shot.
People in the centre of the city should stay indoors, police said, but did not confirm any casualties. "You're not safe here, there's a bomb in that car," a senior police officer told reporter Eleanor Ainge Roy. Witness Len Peneha was reported by the Guardian as saying he saw a man dressed in black enter the Al Noor mosque and then heard dozens of shots, followed by people running from the mosque in terror.
Bangladeshi cricketer, Tamim Iqbal Khan, has tweeted that the “entire team got saved from active shooters”.— Shrinivas March 15, 2019 Bangladesh team escaped from a mosque near Hagley Park where there were active shooters. They ran back through Hagley Park back to the Oval. pic.twitter.com/VtkqSrljjV
Reports of the shooting happened as young protesters were gathering in Christchurch and cities around the world to demand action on climate change. — New Zealand Police March 15, 2019 Christchurch Hospital, which is about 2km from the mosques, is in lockdown, reported the Guardian. A hospital spokesman said some shooting victims were being treated at the emergency department but he could not provide numbers.
A man in the Deans Ave mosque at the time, who would not give his name, was reported as saying there were"bodies all over me". He said the gunman came in with an automatic gun and emptied at least two magazines.
Shooting ? Ffs because he is white and non Muslim u will not call it act or terrorism. With all of this evidence and IT was filmed ffs. 40 people were killed with cold blood !!!!!!!!!!
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