{"id":310444,"date":"2019-03-15T04:48:35","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T04:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=310444"},"modified":"2019-03-15T04:48:35","modified_gmt":"2019-03-15T04:48:35","slug":"new-zealand-mass-shootings-at-mosques-in-christchurch-several-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/new-zealand-mass-shootings-at-mosques-in-christchurch-several-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand: Mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, several dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-310445 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/tehelka.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/hooting-1-300x207.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"344\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/hooting-1-300x207.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/hooting-1-100x70.jpg 100w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/hooting-1-218x150.jpg 218w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2019\/03\/hooting-1.jpg 472w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Several people were reported dead on Friday after a gunman opened fire in two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">According to the sources, the Bangladesh cricket team was in the vicinity of the shooting, but all members are safe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The New Zealand police have warned all mosques countrywide to shut their doors due to a very serious and tragic incident involving an active shooter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern described the event as &#8220;extreme and unprecedented violence&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWhat has happened in Christchurch is an extraordinary act of unprecedented violence. It has no place in New Zealand. Many of those affected will be members of our migrant communities \u2013 New Zealand is their home \u2013 they are us,\u201d she said<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Ardern further said, \u201cThe person who has committed this violent act has no place here. To those in Christchurch; I encourage you to stay inside and follow the instructions of @nzpolice. The Police Commissioner will be making a public statement at 5 pm. I will update everyone again later this evening.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Numerous Bangladeshi cricket team players took to Twitter to confirm the team&#8217;s safety.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Test captain of Bangladesh Mushfiqur Rahim said, \u201cAlhamdulillah Allah save us today while shooting in Christchurch in the mosque&#8230;we r extremely lucky&#8230;never want to see this things happen again&#8230;. pray for us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Bangladeshi cricketer Tamim Iqbal Khan tweeted, \u201cEntire team got saved from active shooters!!! Frightening experience and please keep us in your prayers #christchurchMosqueAttack.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several people were reported dead on Friday after a gunman opened fire in two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. According to the sources, the Bangladesh cricket team was in the vicinity of the shooting, but all members are safe. The New Zealand police have warned all mosques countrywide to shut their doors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":310445,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[53],"tags":[11092,1352,2127],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310444"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310444"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":310447,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310444\/revisions\/310447"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/310445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}