Australian man Brenton Tarrant remains the only person to be charged with murder over the Christchurch mosques massacre that has claimed the lives of 50 people. 9News
, while 50 people had been wounded in the shootings sprees at the the Masjid Al Noor mosque on Deans Avenue and Linwood Masjid six kilometres away during Friday prayers.
"It's difficult to be conclusive, but my understanding is that even those that were killed outside that mosque were visiting the mosque." "We have to be absolutely clear on cause of death and confirm their identity before that can happen," he said. The attack is the worst shooting in the country's history and has seen its threat level raised to high for the first time.
"There is one charge of murder brought at the moment, it is reasonable to assume that there will be others," the presiding judge noted.
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