'I've lived next door to this mosque for about five years and the people are great, they're very friendly,' he said. He said he helped about five people recover in his home. 'I don't understand how anyone could do this to these people, to anyone. There were three in the hallway, at the door leading into the mosque, and people inside the mosque,' he said. Mr Peneha said he then went into the mosque to try to help. Mr Peneha, who lives next door to the mosque, said the gunman ran out of the mosque, dropped what appeared to be a semi-automatic weapon in his drive, and fled. Witness Len Peneha said he saw a man dressed in black enter the mosque and then heard dozens of shots, followed by people running from the mosque in terror. The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern later described the incident as an event which can 'only be described as a terrorist attack'. 8chan is a messaging board where the shooter was suspected to have developed and published his manifesto prior to the attack.įour people are in custody after New Zealand Police said there had been 'multiple fatalities' following what they described as a 'tragic series of events' in the Canterbury region on Friday. Following a mass shooting at a Christchurch mosque on Friday 15 March, three New Zealand ISPs have blocked access to the websites 8chan, 4chan and LiveLeak.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern vowed in.

New Zealand internet service providers have reportedly started blocking sites that do not remove the video, including 8chan, 4chan and LiveLeak. At least 49 people are believed to have died in two terror attacks on mosques in Christchurch.

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