The deputy chief coroner of New Zealand opens an inquest into the shootings in order to investigate police response times. 2023-10-24
New Zealand vows to toughen its anti-terror laws after seven people were stabbed and wounded yesterday by an ISIL sympathizer in Auckland. 2021-09-4
Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant is sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole, a first in New Zealand history, for killing 51 people in last year's mass shootings at two mosques in Christchurch. 2020-08-27
Perpetrator Brenton Tarrant begins his sentencing before the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand. He faces an unprecedented sentence of life imprisonment without the possibility of parole, having been convicted in March for murder involving multiple deaths. 2020-08-24
Brenton Tarrant pleads guilty to murdering 51 people and attempting to murder 40 as well as a terrorism charge in relation to two mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 15 March 2019. 2020-03-26
Following the attack, which was livestreamed on Facebook, the social network teams up with the Metropolitan Police of London. Facebook is providing bodycams to the force's firearms officers to help train its artificial intelligence systems, enabling it to automatically detect and remove live first-person footage of violent incidents. The company says it previously had insufficient footage for its software to suitably match fresh footage with, and has been criticised for its role in the shooting. Instagram say they will also participate. 2019-09-17
Sri Lankan investigators believe that the bombings were revenge for attacks on New Zealand mosques in March. 2019-04-23
The Australian Parliament passes a law which makes it illegal for Internet platforms and service providers to host videos of "abhorrent violent conduct" without "expeditiously" removing them. [https:--www.theguardian.com-media-2019-apr-04-australia-passes-social-media-law-penalising-platforms-for-violent-content ("The Guardian")]Internet censorship in Australia2019-04-4
At least 50 people are killed and dozens others are injured during two attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. 2019-03-15