Fifty people were confirmed dead and 48 others, including children, were being treated for injuries ranging from minor to critical.
Terrorist attacks and mass shootings are not words ordinarily linked to New Zealand, where crime rates are low and the police don’t even routinely carry firearms.Īustralian Brenton Tarrant changed all that with his deadly rampage. It was in that time that New Zealand - one of the most peaceful, safe and stable countries in the world - joined a club no one wants to belong to. It took just 36 minutes for a country to lose its innocence.
