On March 15, armed individuals broke into two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch and opened fire on worshippers inside. Hundreds of people were in those mosques at that time. According to a police statement, 50 people were killed and 50 were injured, in what is the biggest massacre in New Zealand's modern history.
New Zealand mourns victims of mosque massacre
According to a police statement, 50 people were killed and 50 injured after a gunman went on a rampage in two mosques, the biggest massacre in New Zealand's modern history
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Students raise candles as they gather for a vigil to commemorate victims of the shooting outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand
© AP Photo/Vincent Yu On March 15 armed persons broke into two mosques in New Zealand's Christchurch and opened fire at people inside
© AP Photo/Vincent Thian Hundreds of people were in the mosques at that time
© AP Photo/Vincent Yu According to a police statement, 50 people were killed and 50 injured in the attack
© AP Photo/Vincent Thian The massacre became the deadliest shooting in New Zealand's modern history
© AP Photo/Vincent Yu Mourners lay flowers on a wall at the Botanical Gardens in Christchurch, New Zealand
© AP Photo/Vincent Thian Mourners paying tribute at makeshift memorial to the dozens of people slain by a gunman at two mosques in Christchurch
© AP Photo/Vincent Yu Students pay their respects during a vigil to commemorate victims of the shooting, outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch
© AP Photo/Vincent Yu A vigil to commemorate victims of the shooting outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch
© AP Photo/Vincent Thian Students perform the Haka outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch
© AP Photo/Vincent Thian A vigil to commemorate victims of the shooting outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch
© AP Photo/Vincent Thian A vigil to commemorate victims of the shooting outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch
© AP Photo/Vincent Yu