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Shooting at Christchurch Mosque

Tom Kitchin14:49, Mar 15 2019

Gunshots have been heard near the Christchurch Mosque on Deans Ave.

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Gunshots have been heard near the Christchurch Mosque on Deans Ave.

People in central Christchurch have been told to stay indoors after gunmen reportedly opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch.

Multiple eyewitnesses have reported several people have been killed, though officials have not confirmed this.

Reporter Blair Ensor said he saw a man emerge from the Christchurch Mosque on Deans Ave saying "my wife is dead". A man in tears said "they shot kids".

An armed police officer stands outside the Christchurch Mosque on Deans Ave following the shooting.

An armed police officer stands outside the Christchurch Mosque on Deans Ave following the shooting.

A man in the mosque at the time, who would not give his name, said there were "bodies all over me". He said the gunman came in with an automatic gun and emptied at least two magazines.

Ahmad Al-Mahmoud, 37, described the shooter as white-skinned, blond, quite short and wearing a helmet and a bulletproof vest. He and others broke a window in a door to escape from the mosque. Prayers started at 1.30pm and the gunman came in about 10 minutes later, when everyone was on their knees praying, he said.

The gunman let off dozens, if not hundreds of rounds, he said.

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Armed police were also trying to clear Deans Ave and Hagley Park. A large number of police were also reportedly at Christchurch Hospital.

About 20 armed police are also clearing buildings in Linwood, including Eastgate Mall, which will be closed for the rest of the day.

Four or five men with their hands on their heads were led by police from a mosque in Linwood.

Mitch Redman said the men came out of the building on Aldwins Rd about 2.20pm.

Police carried out two or three children from the building and put them in a car, he said.

There was a heavy police presence in the area, he said.

A worker at the Z Linwood service station said he heard gunshots come from the direction of Eastgate Mall about 2pm.

'CRITICAL INCIDENT': SHOTS FIRED AT NEW ZEALAND MOSQUE, MULTIPLE VICTIMS REPORTED

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Police are responding to a shooting at at least one mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Witnesses say a man entered the building with a rifle and shot several people. There have also been reports of a shooting in a second mosque.

The shooter entered the Masjid Al Noor mosque 10 minutes after prayers began and let off “dozens, if not hundreds of rounds,” witness Ahmad al-Mahmoud told New Zealand outlet Stuff. He described the man as white-skinned, blond, short, and wearing a helmet and bulletproof vest.

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We have a critical incident in Deans Ave Christchurch. Please avoid the area. We will give more in the near future.

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About 20 officers are clearing nearby buildings, while Christchurch schools have been placed on lockdown. Another witness said he saw “a man in handcuffs being led away by police.”

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In response to a serious ongoing firearms incident in Christchurch all Christchurch schools have been placed into lockdown. Police urge anyone in central Christchurch to stay off the streets and report any suspicious behaviour immediately to 111.

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Witnesses, cited by media, have said multiple people were killed, with an unnamed source telling Stuff there were nine fatalities. There has been no official confirmation of the numbers as of yet. Witness Muhammad Alsouzan says “up to 15” were shot inside the mosque.

Christchurch Hospital staff are expecting about 40 to 50 injured people and have cleared out the emergency department in preparation.

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In response to a serious ongoing incident we're locking down number of central city buildings, including the Civic Offices and Central Library. https://www.ccc.govt.nz/news-and-events/newsline/show/3452 …

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Council places its central city buildings in lock-down

Christchurch City Council is locking down its central city buildings as police urge people in the area to stay indoors as they deal with a shooting at the Christchurch Mosque.

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A text sent by the Federation of Islamic Associations of New Zealand reportedly said 50 people were shot during Friday prayers.

Twenty emergency vehicles are on the scene, and six people have reportedly been taken to the hospital, with two in serious condition.

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Bernie Kerik: FBI Agents ‘Scared to Death’ of Speaking Against Mueller Probe — Even Privately

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Former New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik told Breitbart News that FBI agents are “scared to death” to criticize political corruption and abuses of power at the bureau and broader Department of Justice (DOJ).

Kirk offered his analysis on Wednesday’s edition of SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Tonight in an interview with hosts Rebecca Mansour and Joel Pollak.

Kerik reflected on partisan and political corruption at the FBI and DOJ: “Not one of these people has been brought up on criminal charges, or even ethical charges. McCabe was terminated. Comey was fired. Page is gone. But at the end of the day, there are Americans all over this country that would be sitting in prison right now if they made the same decisions, if they violated the law the way these people did.”

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Kerik continued, “I’ve been targeted by this government. I’ve seen what they can do and why they do it, and when I see this it sickens me, because it impugns the integrity of the FBI and the Justice Department. It impugns the integrity and honesty of the line agents that are in the field who every day put their lives on the line, and it also sends a message to the American people: There is a two-tier system of criminal justice in this country; one for the normal people and one for them, and that they can do anything they want. They’re basically above the law. Because they violated the law, they violated ethics rules, and they violated DOJ and FBI department policy, and nothing happened to them. I think it’s disgusting.”

Kerik went on, “Until the attorney general takes some real action, one in holding them accountable and then going back to look at Hillary Clinton and that entire debacle of the breach of security with the emails, the destruction of evidence, obstruction, [and] conspiracy. Until the attorney general goes back to investigate and prosecute those crimes, there isn’t an American in this country that will ever believe the FBI or the Justice Department again.”

Mansour asked, “Where are all the whistleblowers? Why aren’t there more whistleblowers out of FBI headquarters?”

Kerik described widespread fear among FBI agents preventing pushback against partisan and political corruption:

You know why? I’ll tell you why. Because they’re scared to death. I know several agents in New York City that are assigned to the FBI, that work for the FBI, based out of New York, and they have told me personally they don’t even mention this investigation. They don’t mention Trump. They don’t mention the president by name. They’re scared to death, because they’re afraid of losing their jobs or they’re afraid of being targeted by the administration.

So if that’s the case, if that’s what’s going on, that in itself is frightening, but I think it’s time that the attorney general takes some decisive action and puts this in its proper place and gets an investigation conducted, and holds the people accountable that violated their own ethics rules, department policies, and the criminal code.

“I find it frightening that there doesn’t appear to be any accountability coming,” lamented Kerik. “I hope this is something the new attorney general is looking at [and] is going to address, because if he doesn’t, there isn’t a courtroom in this country that’s going to have a defendant in it and a defense attorney standing before a judge that doesn’t have real questions about the ethical conduct and the background of the agents at the FBI and DOJ.”

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