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Nov 20, 2017
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Here's a transcript of Bush's opening statement:

At the Deans Avenue mosque, we now know that 41 people have lost their lives. And at the Linwood mosque, 7 have lost their lives. Of the 40 people who have been treated at Christchurch Hospital, one has now passed. So the total number of people who have died in thishorrendous event are 49.

And our hearts go out to them and all of their families, all of their friends, all of their loved ones, and I want to assure everyone that we will do our best for them

I would like to also add that so far one person, a male in his late 20s, has been charged with murder, and should appear in the Christchurch Court tomorrow morning.

Three other people were apprehended. We believe one of those persons who was armed and was at the scene may have had nothing to do with this incident, and the two other people that have been apprehended, again in possession of firearms in the general environment, we are working through to understand what their involvement is.

We have recovered a number of firearms from both of the scenes, Linwood Avenue and Deans Avenue.

I would like to assure everyone around New Zealand that every available police and emergency resource with our other government agencies and Defence Force are doing everything they can to keep our communities safe.

We have had no other threats since we responded to this incident. We are working with a wide range of community to give support to everyone who needs it.

We have staff around the country ensuring that everyone is kept safe and that includes our armed defenders and special tactics groups right across the country being very vigilant and having a presence around all of our mosques, to ensure nothing further occurs. As I said, this is an evolving situation.

We will continue to bring you as much information as we possibly can. I will answer your questions in a minute if I can, but before I do, I would like to communicate the 0800 number for people to call for more information, especially around their loved ones, and that number is 0800115019.

I would also like to commend - and some of you would have seen the brave actions on social media of police staff who responded to this incident - they have gone above and beyond their communities to apprehend at least one of these offenders. So I take my hat off to all of my staff.

I'm extremely proud of what they have done to date. Thank you.
 

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Aug 25, 2018
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Not always but I do look at this more as them not jumping to conclusions until they've interrogated the suspects and conducted a thorough investigation surrounding the manifesto and other social media posts he/they were responsible for.

I just wouldn't immediately look at that definition and think the cops are being coy about what this is. Just that they're properly investigating this in an official capacity before they attach "terrorism" to this without properly processing the motivation.

And again just to be clear, I view this as an act of terrorism without a doubt. Though my views and the views of the police of Christchurch before their investigation is complete likely will differ.

I'm lock step with you. But it's still inconsistently labelled in world media ie that act of patience isn't as forthcoming for others.
 

Xiaomi

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Oct 25, 2017
7,237
I really don't care what happens to this guy/these people in prison; they're going away for a long time and I hope their names will be forgotten forever. But I hope big pockets and governments get serious and start putting money towards deradicalizing groups and internet communities that attract young, hate-filled white men. Unfortunately 8chan is just the tip of the iceberg here.
 

OutOfcontrol

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Oct 29, 2017
242
I am so glad that gun is near impossible for civilians to acquire in where I live.
My condolences to the victims and their family and friends.
 

Bastables

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Dec 3, 2017
367
Still no word from my neighbor's family. At this point i'm preparing for the worse. I'm hoping they'll get back to her once things settle down, but I got her a flight there anyway.

So pissed at how helpless I feel right now.
Be careful with that flight booking chch airport has currently suspended flights, double check they lift the suspension if she has to come.
 

reKon

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Oct 25, 2017
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This is an elected Australian Senator....

This is fucking real??
 
Oct 25, 2017
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This is messed up man.
Bloody hell..and people still think Islamophobia isn't a thing.
The bastards have it out for us. On a Friday as well?
إِنَّا لِلّهِ وَإِنَّـا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ
 

JustJavi

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Oct 27, 2017
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New Zealand
Still no word from my neighbor's family. At this point i'm preparing for the worse. I'm hoping they'll get back to her once things settle down, but I got her a flight there anyway.

So pissed at how helpless I feel right now.

Where is she flying from? Most arrivals at the moment are cancelled or delayed. Praying for her family now.
 

Prine

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Oct 25, 2017
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This is an elected Australian Senator....
How on earth can this man not be arrested for terrorist sympathising and spreading hate? The victims blood from the mosques in NZ has yet to dry and he thinks Muslims are to blame for simply existing. How is it acceptable that a senator can openly call for Muslim extermination and it be treated as everyday discourse without consequence . There is a form of hate against Muslims that seems to be common place and protected by politicians and the right, we've seen the Quebec mosque massacre, the London mosque terror attack, now this in NZ, violence against Muslims is the eventual outcome of this sentiment when its not checked and becomes mainstream like it has in much of the west. This can't go on.
 

Hercule

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Jun 20, 2018
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It makes me sick some people on other places celebrate this guy, on the other hand I don't think this should be a discussion about Pewediepie. The shooter is a sick dude and is responsible for his own actions.
 

The BLJ

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Feb 2, 2019
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France
Hm... There are people who want to distance themselves from the shooter, not because he killed 49 people but because he says in his manifesto that he is not an antisemite, so clearly his heart wasn't in the right place.

I've had enough Internet. I'm out.
 
Oct 28, 2017
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Beerse, Belgium
to be honest, I expected something like this happening sooner the way the world is now

hopefully this is not the start of a continually happening of terrorist attacks by different kinds of extremists
 

TokyoJoe

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Oct 28, 2017
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I don't even know how to react anymore at these tragedies. You just feel powerless, angry and often defeated. How do we stop these people and their hate?
 
Oct 25, 2017
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Man, I want to punch someone or something so fucking bad I can't believe this shit.
I'm beyond fucking angry.

Why the FUCK does sites like 8chan get to stay up? WE'VE BEEN SAYING THIS SHIT FOR YEARS, THESE FUCKERS GET TO RADICALISE PEOPLE IN THE OPEN AND FUCK ALL IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT

Fuck everything man...
 

Lentic

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Oct 27, 2017
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Man, I want to punch someone or something so fucking bad I can't believe this shit.
I'm beyond fucking angry.

Why the FUCK does sites like 8chan get to stay up?
This is what I want to know. Just last week 8chan was in the news and everyone seemed to be aware that it was a shitbag website. Why wasn't anything done?

Their servers should be seized and all the posting data along with IP addresses should be investigated. These people need to be on a watch list.
 

ThaNotoriousSOD

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Oct 27, 2017
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to be honest, I expected something like this happening sooner the way the world is now

hopefully this is not the start of a continually happening of terrorist attacks by different kinds of extremists

I hate to break it to you, but this has BEEN happening for years. Right wing extremists have been terrorizing the world. This is nothing new.
 
Oct 25, 2017
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This is exactly what happens when anti immigrant and anti Muslim sentiments get thrown around so casually. Fuck these shooters and fuck the people who lead this kind of disgusting hate mongering mentality.

Best wishes to New Zealanders and my fellow Muslim community. Truly an awful day.
 

KingSnake

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Oct 25, 2017
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This is horrible. RIP.

What's even more horrible is that people who help the hate spread on the internet won't pay for it nor have any kind of remorse. They will be back at jockingly promoting extremism once this settles down.

It's so damn sad.
 

Fiocca

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Feb 1, 2019
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All fuelled by the right wing media and the scourge of uncensored social media. This, trump, brexit, all stems from the same thing. The world is on fire.
 

Croc Man

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Oct 27, 2017
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Man, I want to punch someone or something so fucking bad I can't believe this shit.
I'm beyond fucking angry.

Why the FUCK does sites like 8chan get to stay up? WE'VE BEEN SAYING THIS SHIT FOR YEARS, THESE FUCKERS GET TO RADICALISE PEOPLE IN THE OPEN AND FUCK ALL IS BEING DONE ABOUT IT

Fuck everything man...
As far as I'm aware people can freely access it in the UK.
Things like illegal sport steaming websites are blocked.
Soon you'll need id for regular porn.
Priorities.
 

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Oct 25, 2017
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All fuelled by the right wing media and the scourge of uncensored social media. This, trump, brexit, all stems from the same thing. The world is on fire.

Sky news in Australia is currently doing rolling coverage of the terrorist attack. The irony is that this is in the timeslot of the Bolt report, a show that non stop pushes a right wing extremist agenda.

I hope these people feel the damage of what they are doing.
 

Omiee

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Oct 26, 2017
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So I knew about 4chan, never heard of 8chan. Screened it for half an hour. Holyyyyy shittt!!! People are cheering on and praising the guy. There are multiple appreciation threads, these people are filled with hate. They are saying the guy has been thinking of this for 3 years and been planning it for 3 months and that some people on 8chan knew of his plans. How come no security agency knew about it? Unbelievable.
 

Kinsei

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Oct 25, 2017
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Fuck the scum responsible for carrying out these acts.

Fuck the pieces of shit cheering on the livestream.

Fuck all the "influencers", politicians, writers, journalists, and so on responsible for pushing these hateful ideologies.

My heart goes out to everyone affected by this.
 

Richter1887

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Oct 27, 2017
39,148
Just read the details...


Man this situation is fucked. How the fuck are we so incompetent to let all these fucks who enable this shit free? This was bound to happen and the people who thought religion is the reason people kill were looking at it wrong. People kill because they want to kill and always make up excuses, in this case it seems to be islamophobia and attention (maybe even to get people to subdcribe to PewDiePie). God what a mess.

Fucking bastards.