The death toll has risen to 49 after the terrorist attack at two mosques in Christchurch today, police have confirmed.


Armed police patrol outside a mosque in central Christchurch. Credit: AP 2019


Credit: AP 2019


A man reacts as he speaks on a mobile phone outside a mosque in central Christchurch. Credit: AP/Mark Baker


Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch. Credit: AP/Mark Baker


Ambulance staff take a man from outside a mosque in central Christchurch. Credit: AP /Mark Baker


Azam Ali who was in the Linwood Avenue mosque. Credit: RNZ / Conan Young


Shoaib Gani who was in the Linwood Avenue mosque. Credit: RNZ / Conan Young


Armed police blocked off the road and turned people away. Credit: RNZ / Simon Rogers


Police taping off the street, with people reunited at the edge of the cordon. RNZ / Simon Rogers


Police blocking off roads in Christchurch. Credit: RNZ / Simon Rogers


Police Commissioner Mike Bush giving a media conference about the mosque shootings. Credit: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King


People outside the cordon. Credit: RNZ / Simon Rogers


People being escorted out of the police cordon. Credit: RNZ / Simon Rogers


People being escorted out of the police cordon. Credit: RNZ / Simon Rogers


People being escorted out of the police cordon. Credit: RNZ / Simon Rogers


Credit: RNZ / Conan Young
Credit: RNZ / Conan Young


Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern at a media conference at Parliament. Credit: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King


Malik Ricks (father), Suki Hickling (mother) Frida Ricks (daughter) and Tahi Ricks who laid flowers and lit candles at the cordon by Linwood mosque this evening. Credit: RNZ / Conan Young


A forensic official works at the Masjid al Noor mosque after the shootings. Credit: AFP


Residents wait near the scene of the shootings. Credit: AFP
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