On Friday, attacks on New Zealand mosques claimed the lives of at least 49 people. New Zealand PM has confirmed the involvement of an Australian gunman. The gunman had not only streamed live, the incident but had also published a racist manifesto on his twitter account. The manifesto said that the gunman identified himself as an Australia-born, 28-year-old white male from a low-income, working-class family.
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The reasons that had pushed him to such a horrendous crime were the defeat of the French far-right leader Marine Le Pen in 2017 elections, and the death of 11-year-old Ebba Åkerlund in the 2017 Stockholm truck attack. The Facebook account that posted the video was no longer available shortly after the shooting. Also, the Twitter account of the same name was quickly suspended.
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The New Zealand interior ministry spokesman had said that the video is likely to be classified as objectionable content under local law, and could be illegal to share. “The content of the video is disturbing and will be harmful for people to see.This is a very real tragedy with real victims and we strongly encourage people to not share or view the video”, said the spokesperson.