Flowers laid in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attack on March 15, 2019. (File photo)
Two years after a terrorist killed 51 people and injured dozens at two Christchurch mosques, victims and their families are still struggling with the wide-ranging impacts of the horrific attack. MARINÉ LOURENS reports. Since March 15, 2019 a terrorist has been jailed for life, a royal commission of inquiry completed, the Ministry for Ethnic Communities is close to being established, police’s response to hate crimes strengthened, programmes implemented to prevent terrorist and violent extremism, the Christchurch Call signed by 48 countries, and New Zealand has decided to join the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.
Families of Christchurch mosque shootings to get information package on how loved ones died
6 Jan, 2021 01:48 AM
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A police officer helping to attach messages to the fence at Al Noor mosque in Christchurch on the first anniversary of the terror attacks last year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
A police officer helping to attach messages to the fence at Al Noor mosque in Christchurch on the first anniversary of the terror attacks last year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Lincoln Tan is the New Zealand Herald’s diversity, ethnic affairs and immigration senior reporter.lincoln.tan@nzherald.co.nz@LincolnTanNZH
Families of the ChristChurch mosque shootings will receive packages with specific information about how their loved ones died, Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall says.
Mosque shootings: Families to get information package on how loved ones died Wed, 6 Jan 2021, 4:45PM
A police officer helping to attach messages to the fence at Al Noor mosque in Christchurch on the first anniversary of the terror attacks last year. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Mosque shootings: Families to get information package on how loved ones died Wed, 6 Jan 2021, 4:45PM
Families of the ChristChurch mosque shootings will receive packages with specific information about how their loved ones died, Chief Coroner Judge Deborah Marshall says.
Marshall said she has written last month to the families of the 51 victims who died in the March 15, 2019, shootings at the Al Noor and Linwood mosques regarding the coronial process.