"I can only imagine that someone sympathetic to this killer has decided to post this material in order to cause more harm and misery." The killer pleaded guilty to the killings in March, and is expected to find out his sentence on Thursday.Ĭhief Censor David Shanks told Newshub no one in New Zealand wants to see the video, "particularly not at this time when sentencing of the terrorist is about to be concluded". "If a member of the public comes across other content online that they think should be removed, in the first instance people should report it through the platform for review." "Anyone who finds it posted online is encouraged to record any details of the post and report it to police by phoning 105. "The footage from the March 15 attacks has been classified as objectionable material by the Chief Censor, and possessing and/or distributing it is a crime," a spokesperson said. Police told Newshub they were not aware of this particular upload. "Thank f**k I didn't see this today but now I can see the video in my mind. "I saw the video on the day of the attack. "The sounds of those poor people is not going to be something easily forgotten," said another. Things you shouldn't have to see," said one person. But he didn’t have a gun license and so shouldn’t have been in possession of a firearm, police added."'It started playing and I took about 10 seconds to realise what it was. 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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