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Mosque shooter's lawyers granted permanent name suppression
15 Nov 2024The pair fear repercussions for themselves and families for being associated with the terrorist, a court has heard.
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Terror attacks: Depths of trauma revealed in first study on mental health impact
30 Oct 2024The 15 March terror attacks left a trail of physical and psychological devastation in their wake, according to a new study on the psychological impact of the attacks
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Gun lobby claims police failed to address gun loophole
29 Oct 2024A former senior police officer did not observe the firearms community's apparent concern over the loophole which allowed a terrorist access to military-style semi-automatics.
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Mosque attack inquest provides long overdue answers
24 Oct 2024The deputy chief coroner says victims, survivors and families of 51 murdered worshippers wanted more answers than the Royal Commission of Inquiry gave them.
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Mosque terrorist would have struggled to buy guns from criminals, inquest told
17 Oct 2024"Criminals will be suspicious of outsiders, particularly those who cannot be easily verified by trusted colleagues," Dr Jarrod Gilbert said.
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Terrorist 'always spoke of a race war' - sister
16 Oct 2024The Christchurch mosque gunman's sister says she wouldn't have got in the way of Brenton Tarrant obtaining a firearms licence.
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Terrorist's use of firearms in mosque shootings 'chaotic, unskilled' - expert
15 Oct 2024A firearms expert says the terrorist controlled the environment because his victims were defenceless, unexpecting, trapped, and unarmed.
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Vetting officer says mosque gunman was 'good actor'
11 Oct 2024A police vetting officer ultimately recommended the terrorist receive his gun licence as he "appears to be a sound person who shows good attitudes and safety sense".
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Tense scenes as Christchurch terrorist's referees give evidence
11 Oct 2024One of the gun licence referees told a lawyer to "sit down" and refused to answer her question, while the other threatened to walk out a lawyer was "annoying" him.
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Officials were told Mosque gunman was 'outstanding young man'
10 Oct 2024A vetting officer who interviewed referees put forward for the terrorist's firearms licence application told an inquest he already knew them and had no reason to doubt their responses, integrity or…
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Firearms licensing process saw Christchurch terrorist considered 'fit and proper'
9 Oct 2024A heavy reliance was also put on the terrorist's referees being firearms licence holders themselves, an inquest has heard.
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No reason not to proceed with terrorist's gun licence, staffer tells inquest
9 Oct 2024Not being able to provide a relative who lived in New Zealand as a referee for a firearm licence application was not a reason disqualify it, an inquest has heard.
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Christchurch terrorist got gun licence through under-resourced, stretched system
8 Oct 2024It was also at a time where he could manufacture his own military-style semi-automatics in a completely unregulated way.
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Christchurch terror attack: Second phase of inquest begins today
8 Oct 2024The terrorist's ability to obtain the guns he used in the attack on Al Noor Mosque and the Linwood Islamic Centre in March 2019 will be examined. Audio
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Inquest into Mosque shooter's firearms licence to begin next month
11 Sep 2024The inquest begins on 7 October.
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Christchurch terror attacks: Coroner continues probe of locked door
5 Aug 2024Al Noor Mosque worshippers have said they kicked out a glass pane in an emergency exit door at Christchurch's Al Noor Mosque and crawled out during the terror attack.
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'It's shameful that we have forgotten': Muslims call out govt over 15 March move
2 Aug 2024"We want more than remembrance of March 15th - we want practical, tangible, lessons to be implemented," says Abdur Razzaq Khan. Audio
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'Very hard' to know why emergency door didn't open, shooting survivor says
28 May 2024A volunteer at Al Noor Mosque told the inquest if the door did open, the terrorist would have simply killed more people outside.
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Men abused worshipper before Al Noor Mosque terrorist attack, inquest hears
21 May 2024Imam Gamal Fouda described how two people came to the mosque and locked a worshipper in the kitchen while shouting at him.
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Mosque attack survivor describes crush at emergency door
21 May 2024"Someone shooting, run away guys, someone shooting." - Khaled Al-Nobani's memory of the chilling words which rang out at of Al Noor Mosque have been recounted in a Coroner's Court.
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Lock on mosque's emergency door may have added to confusion, inquest hears
20 May 2024The builder had to move his body into an awkward position before he could operate the mechanical lock, an inquest hears.
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Mosque attack inquest resumes: What you need to know
20 May 2024A two-week hearing will examine aspects of the terror attack that killed 51 people. Here are all the details.
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Muslim groups questions why hate speech law have been abandoned
2 Apr 2024The Law Commission had been looking into whether laws against hateful speech should extend to religious belief but Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has ordered it to stop. Audio
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Meeting the mosque attack survivors
15 Mar 2024Temel Atacocugu was hit by nine bullets and had some 30 surgeries, but his sense of humour was in intact.
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