Judging by the manifesto, which is littered with references to internet culture phenomena like Fortnite and Spyro the Dragon 3 and memes like Navy Seal Copypasta, many commentators speculated that those responsible for the shooting were, like many young people on the far right, ultra-literate on social media, or what many would refer to as “Extremely Online.” The fact that at least one of the shootings was livestreamed and uploaded to multiple platforms more rapidly than they could be taken down cements the impression that the massacre was “engineered for maximum virality,” Charlie Warzel, who covers internet culture, wrote in the New York Times. As information on the attacks started to emerge, it became increasingly clear that the shooter or shooters were adherents of far-right extremist ideology, particularly after an 87-page manifesto surfaced articulating Islamophobic and white supremacist views. But he didn’t have a gun license and so shouldn’t have been in possession of a firearm, police added.On Thursday evening, it was reported that at least one shooter opened fire on congregants in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing at least 49 people. Police said the gunman in Thursday’s attack had used a type of shotgun that is not banned under the new laws. The prime minister at the time, Jacinda Ardern, vowed to ban most semiautomatic weapons within a month and she succeeded, with only a single member of Parliament voting against the ban.Ī subsequent buyback scheme saw gun owners hand over more than 50,000 of the newly banned weapons to police in exchange for cash. In that attack, a shooter killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques during Friday prayers. New Zealand has tight gun laws, imposed in 2019 after the country’s worst mass shooting prompted a sea change in attitudes toward guns.

It ended with an historic win for the home team, its first in a World Cup game. More than 40,000 people, including the prime minister, attended - the largest crowd to ever watch a soccer match in New Zealand. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the shooting was an isolated act, and the FIFA tournament opened as scheduled Thursday night with a game between the home team and Norway.

“I think it would be counterproductive and actually set you down the wrong path.” “I do not want to send a young man like you, with a limited history, to prison,” the judge said in his sentencing notes.

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