On June 13, 2019, Tarrant, who is currently facing 51 charges of murder, 40 charges of attempted murder, and one charge of engaging in a terrorist act, pleaded not guilty to all charges in relation to the Christchurch mosque shootings. 2 New Zealand, which until this point had experienced terrorism as a “latent” threat rather than a “lived reality,” 3 suffered the single largest loss of life to terrorism in its history. Two more subsequently died of their wounds, bringing the death toll to 51.

In the space of 36 minutes, Tarrant allegedly killed 49 people. Exiting the mosque, he allegedly shot another person on the pavement before driving the short distance to Linwood mosque where he allegedly continued his killing spree.

On March 15, 2019, at approximately 1:40 PM local time, Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian gym trainer with no previous criminal history 1 who was active on extreme-right internet forums, entered the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, where he allegedly shot dead 42 people. What was unique about Tarrant’s attack-at least insofar as extreme-right terrorism is concerned-is that he livestreamed his atrocity on Facebook and in doing so, highlighted the Achilles heel of such platforms when faced with the viral dissemination of extremely violent content. The user did not respond to a Reuters request for comment.Editor’s note: This article includes a December 28, 2020, addendum with key new details from the December 2020 report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Christchurch attacks.Ībstract: In the space of 36 minutes on March 15, 2019, it is alleged that Brenton Tarrant, an Australian far-right extremist, fatally shot 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch in the deadliest terrorist attack in New Zealand’s history. In another case, the video was shared by a verified Instagram user in Indonesia with more than 1.6 million followers. In a 15-minute window, Reuters found five copies of the footage on YouTube uploaded under the search term “New Zealand” and tagged with categories including “education” and “people & blogs”. Facebook did not immediately respond to additional questions. Twitter and Google said they were working to stop the footage being reshared.

Facebook said it had deleted the gunman’s accounts “shortly after the livestream commenced” after being alerted by police.īut Reuters found videos of the shooting on all five platforms up to 10 hours after the attacks, which began at 1345 local time in the city of Christchurch. The live footage of Friday’s attacks, New Zealand’s worst-ever mass shooting, was first posted to Facebook and has since been shared on Twitter, Alphabet Inc’s YouTube and Facebook-owned Whatsapp and Instagram.įacebook, Twitter and YouTube all said they had taken steps to remove copies of the videos. Bloodied bandages on the road following a shooting at the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 15, 2019.

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