Ardern apologises after NZ mosque attack report points to failings
08 December 2020 - 08:20
Wellington — New Zealand security agencies were “almost exclusively” focused on the perceived threat of Islamist terrorism before a white supremacist gunman killed 51 Muslim worshippers in 2019, a report into the country’s worst massacre found.
The commission of inquiry also criticised police for failing to enforce proper checks when granting a firearms licence to Australian gunman Brenton Tarrant, who released a racist manifesto before the attack and streamed the shootings live on Facebook...
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