christchurch new zealand shooting live stream video

In a lengthy manifesto published online the supposed shooter outlined who he was and why he carried out the massacre at the Christchurch mosque, NZ Herald reported. Inside the mosque, the gunman's footage showed distinctively patterned green carpet that also matched images tagged on Google Maps as being at the same location.ĭistinctive writing on the gunman's weapons seen in the footage also matched images posted on a Twitter account using the same name and cartoon profile picture as the Facebook Live video. This included the entrance of the mosque, which has a number of distinct features such as a fence, postbox and doorway. The 17-minute video ended as the gunman drove away from the scene at speed.Īgence France-Presse confirmed the video was genuine through a digital investigation that included matching screenshots of the mosque taken from the gunman's footage with multiple images available online showing the same areas. Heavy has decided not to show the video that was released by the shooter onto Facebook Live.He then re-entered the mosque to check for survivors. Videos Related to the Mosque Shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand *CONTENT WARNING: Many of these photos contain screenshots of the video allegedly taken by the shooter, which show bodies* So I tried too get out and I pushed myself at the back where my car was, and from there I heard the shooting, it went on six minutes or more, I could hear screaming and crying, I saw some people drop dead, some people were running away, I was in a wheelchair, so I couldn’t get anywhere. It was at the moment I realised things were really serious. It started in the main room… I was in the side room, so I didn’t see who was shooting but I saw that some people were running out to my room where I was in, I saw some people had blood on their body and some people were limping.

It was very peaceful, calm and quiet, as it is when the sermon starts, you could hear a pin drop. It’s ridiculous.”Īnother witness gave a more lengthy and graphic description of what happened to The Guardian: I don’t understand how anyone could do this to these people, to anyone. There were three in the hallway, at the door leading into the mosque, and people inside the mosque.

We had to jump the wall to escape.”Īnother witness said to The Washington Post, “I saw dead people everywhere. To CNN, a witness who was in the mosque said, “There were more than 200 people inside.

Christchurch new zealand shooting live stream video