Tag: Christchurch shooting
Sri Lanka blocks social media after anti-Muslim riots
CHRISTCHURCH: Sri Lanka blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and other social media platforms on Monday after anti-Muslim riots hit several towns in the latest fallout from the...
Christchurch mosque shooter to undergo mental health check
WELLINGTON: A New Zealand judge on Friday ordered that the man accused of killing 50 people at two Christchurch mosques undergo two mental health assessments to determine...
Christchurch victim Areeb to be laid to rest today as body...
KARACHI/WELLINGTON: The body of Syed Areeb Ahmed, one of the 50 people martyred in the Christchurch massacre, was repatriated to his hometown of Karachi...
New Zealand orders top-level inquiry into mosque massacres
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday ordered an independent judicial inquiry into the Christchurch mosque attacks, asking whether police and intelligence...
Christchurch shooting: NZ PM starts her parliamentary address with ‘As-salaam Alaikum’
Jacinda Ardern has said she will render the person accused over the Christchurch terrorist attack “nameless” and urged the public to speak the victims’ names instead,...
Ardern vows not to name Christchurch attack suspect
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she will render the person accused over the Christchurch terrorist attack “nameless” and urged the public to speak...
Indonesia summons Australian envoy over senator’s Christchurch remarks
JAKARTA: Indonesia summoned Canberra's ambassador on Monday after an Australian senator blamed last week's mosque attacks by a white supremacist in New Zealand on immigration.
Indonesian...
A ray of hope for a family after the New Zealand...
Lying outside a Christchurch mosque, bleeding from a gunshot wound that tore through his chest, Abbas Tahir Endrise was unable to muster any words...
Bangladesh team leave a changed NZ after mosque shootings
WELLINGTON: Bangladesh’s cricket team left New Zealand on Saturday, less than 24 hours after narrowly avoiding being involved in the worst mass shooting in the...
Qureshi blames Islamophobia for growing anti-Muslim sentiment
MULTAN: Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi on Saturday condemned the deadly Christchurch mosque attacks and blamed Islamophobia as the major force behind the growing...
Australian senator egged after blaming Muslims for Christchurch attack
Australian Senator Fraser Anning has been egged at an organised event in Melbourne which saw protestors and supporters of the controversial identity clash in...
Six Pakistanis among 49 killed in Christchurch shootings
--FO says three Pakistani nationals remain missing after massacre
--New Zealand court charges 28-year-old Brenton Tarrant with murder
ISLAMABAD/CHRISTCHURCH: Out of 49 people who were killed...
Christchurch shooting: Australia senator slammed over Islamophobic letter
At least 49 people were killed and 40 wounded in mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch Central on Friday which the prime minister...
Four Pakistanis injured, five missing after Christchurch shootings
ISLAMABAD: At least four Pakistani nationals were reportedly injured and five others were missing after violent gun attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New...
Bangladesh cricketers ‘three to four’ minutes from being caught up in...
CHRISTCHURCH: Bangladesh's Test cricketers were just a few minutes from being caught up in Friday's massacre in New Zealand when they arrived at a Christchurch...
NZ mosque attacker published manifesto, live streamed shooting
CHRISTCHURCH: An Australian gunman involved in attacks on two New Zealand mosques Friday that left at least 49 people dead published a racist manifesto...
Kiwi rugby player pays emotional tribute to Christchurch victims
AUCKLAND: New Zealand rugby star Sonny Bill Williams on Friday took to Twitter and paid an emotional tribute to the victims of the terrorist...