Authorities are responding to a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, according to a witness and local news reports.
New Zealand's police commissioner and eyewitnesses discuss the deadly mass shootings at multiple mosques Friday in Christchurch.
The man posted video of part of the attack on social media. One portion of video shows the man driving to a mosque and pulling military-style weapons — covered with writings in white — from the trunk of his car before walking up to the mosque’s entrance. Witness Len Peneha said he saw a man dressed in black enter the Masjid al Noor mosque and then heard dozens of shots, followed by people running from the mosque in terror.
Mushfiqur Rahim, a member of Bangladesh’s cricket team, tweeted that the team, in the city for a competition, had been inside one of the mosques during the attack. Facebook Australia-New Zealand policy director Mia Garlick said the videos had been taken down, according to the"New Zealand Police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the livestream commenced and we quickly removed both the shooter's Facebook and Instagram accounts and the video," she said.
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