The word repeated over and over across New Zealand is 'Why?'
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern meets residents at the Hagley College in Christchurch on March 16, 2019.Why was the country, thought of as among the most peaceful in the world, singled out for a horrifying terrorist attack?
But in just 36 minutes on Friday afternoon, 49 Muslims were shot dead at two Christchurch mosques, leaving more dead than there were murders in all of last year. A sole gunman"made the point that there is nowhere that's far enough away", said Chris, who took his children aged 12, nine and four, to the scene of the Linwood mosque where seven were gunned down.
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