New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern on Saturday spoke at a remembrance service on the second anniversary of the Christchurch Massacre. On March 15 2019, on one of the country’s most traumatic days, 51 worshipers were killed at two Christchurch mosques by a white supremacist gunman, Australian Brenton Tarrant. Ms Ardern addressed several hundred people who had gathered at the Christchurch Arena on Saturday, telling the crowd she had been.
New Zealand marks 2 years since Christchurch mosque kil accesswdun.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from accesswdun.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Survivors and family members of the victims of the Christchurch terror attack have told a public remembrance service that their lives will never be the same, but they are learning to rise up again with dignity.
Zara Omar and Sara Qasem read out the names of the people who lost their lives on 15 March 2019.
Photo: Supplied / Mark Tantrum
The Ko Tātou Tātou We Are One event at the Christchurch Arena - held this afternoon to mark two years since the Christchurch terror attack - was intended as a way for all New Zealanders to show solidarity with those affected.
New Zealand remembers Christchurch mosque shootings two years on as Jacinda Ardern speaks at service
Posted
SatSaturday 13
updated
SatSaturday 13
MarMarch 2021 at 6:54am
Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
Watch
2
Share
Print text only
Cancel
Several hundred people gathered at the Christchurch Arena for the national service to remember the 51 people who were killed in 2019 when a gunman opened fire at two mosques.
Key points:
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the attacks should bring NZ together in unity
Members of the Muslim community attended and remembered their loved ones
Dozens of worshipers were gathered inside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch two years ago when a gunman with a camera strapped to his head set to the record the violence unleashed a hail of gunfire, killing 41 people.