Hyderabad/Thrissur (Kerala): A software engineer from Hyderabad and a woman post-graduate student from Kerala’s Thrissur were among the 49 people killed in Friday’s terror attacks on two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch, while the whereabouts of at least two visitors from Gujarat where not known. The shootings – the first fatal terror attack in the […]
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Status of Gujarati visitors to Christchurch unclear
Gandhinagar: The whereabouts of a few Gujaratis who were visiting New Zealand’s Christchurch, where 49 persons were killed in a deadly terror attack on two mosques on Friday, remained unclear on Saturday. The state government was awaiting a response from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), which was expected by late Saturday. According to unconfirmed […]
Kerala PG student killed in New Zealand terror attack
Thrissur (Kerala): Ancy Ali, a 25-year-old Keralite female student, was among the 49 people killed in the horrific terror attack on two mosques in Christchurch on Friday, the Kerala Police said. Ancy was doing her post-graduation in Christchurch and was living with her husband Abdul Nassar near the mosques where the firings took place. Speaking […]
New Zealand PM vows gun law change
Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday said gun laws would change in the country as her government announced it will ban semi-automatic rifles in the wake of the Christchurch terror attack that left 49 people dead. “There were five guns used by the primary perpetrator,” she said at a news conference here. […]
Christchurch gunman sent manifesto to PM before attack
Christchurch: The New Zealand Prime Minister’s Office said on Saturday that it received a copy of a “manifesto” from the alleged gunman less than 10 minutes before the attacks began at the two Christchurch mosques on Friday, along with about 70 other recipients. Other politicians on the mailing list included National leader Simon Bridges and […]
New Zealand set to ban semi-automatic weapons
Auckland: New Zealand will ban semi-automatic rifles, Attorney-General David Parker said on Saturday and was greeted loudly by a crowd here on vigil after the horrific killing of 49 people in Christchurch shootings Parker was meeting a vigil group at the Auckland’s Aotea Square a day after 49 people were gunned down at two Christchurch […]
New Zealand PM shows solidarity to Muslim community
Christchurch: A day after 49 people were killed in the horrific Christchurch mosques shootings, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday showed solidarity to the Muslim community, saying “this is not the New Zealand people know”. She made the remark during her 40-minute address at the Christchurch Canterbury Refugee Centre, where she delivered a message of […]
Hyderabad man shot at in New Zealand, another missing
Hyderabad: A man from Hyderabad was critically injured and another was missing in the horrific massacre at one of the two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch city on Friday. Ahmed Iqbal Jehangir, who was at Al Noor Mosque for Friday prayers, was injured and taken to hospital, his brother Mohammed Khursheed Jehangir told IANS in […]
49 die in New Zealand mosque firing, close shave for Bangladesh cricketers
Christchurch: In the deadliest incident of violence in New Zealand in over seven decades, at least 49 people were killed and and 48 others, including an Indian, injured when at least two gunmen, said to be right-wing extremists, opened indiscriminate fire during Friday prayers at two mosques in Christchurch city. Nine Indian nationals or persons […]
Shocked by Christchurch terror attack, Modi to New Zealand PM
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday expressed his deep shock and sadness at the “loss of scores of innocent lives” in the heinous terrorist attack at Muslim places of worship in New Zealand’s Christchurch. In a letter to his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern, he expressed his deepest condolences to the families bereaved […]