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NZ massacre: Chaos as Aussie snipers opened fire Australian police risked a potential blue-on-blue incident during the Christchurch mosque shootings as visiting officers rushed to the scene without ID.
Crime by Charles Miranda
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Subscriber only Australian police risked a potential blue-on-blue incident at the height of the mosque massacre in New Zealand as visiting officers rushed to the scene with their weapons to give aid but carried no clear overt identification. A detailed review of the New Zealand Police response to the March 15, 2019 mosque attacks in Christchurch, in which lone right-wing Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant killed 51 people and injured 40 others, found the response by first responders was exemplary.