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New Zealand mosque shootings death toll rises to 50, families wait to bury victims

2019-03-17 09:22:40       source:The Straits Times

March 17, 2019


CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON (REUTERS) - The death toll in the New Zealand mosque shootings has risen to 50 after investigators found another body at one of the mosques, New Zealand police said on Sunday (March 17), as authorities worked to formally identify victims and release their bodies to families.


Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday.


Tarrant was remanded without a plea and is due back in court on April 5 where police said he was likely to face further charges.


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