The manifesto is riddled with references to 4Chan memes, and urges people who agree with the shooting to make more memes. In the 8chan post, he wrote that it’s time to stop “shitposting” on the board and make a “real life effort post.” In the manifesto, the writer said he got all of his beliefs from the internet, because “you will not find the truth anywhere else.” The writer appeared deeply familiar with the far-right internet, which he said influenced his thinking. He decorated those guns with neo-Nazi symbols and names of past killers and crusaders. At one point, the author mentioned carrying out the attack with guns to gain American attention and to sow political discord. Some of those cultural references appeared to be ironic, or a ploy for attention. The alleged shooter referenced an ideological jumble of right-wing personalities in the manifesto. In the 8chan post, Muslims are described as “invaders.” The manifesto is filled with anger toward Muslims and claims that Muslim immigration would lead to “white genocide.” As gruesome clips of the shooting circulated on social media, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter deleted links to the video-and the poster’s Twitter profile was deactivated.īased on the postings, the shooting appears to have been motivated by anger over Muslim immigration. At one point, he left the building and returned to the car for a new gun, before going back to the mosque and resuming the massacre.Ĩchan users cheered the attack online, with one replying to the original post with a picture of a man saluting. He used the Facebook account to stream a 17-minute video of him opening fire inside a Christchurch mosque. White-supremacist terrorists sometimes release racist manifestos in concert with violent attacks to amplify their beliefs.
However, the country has maintained a low level of gun violence with Friday's attack being the biggest mass shooting in the country's recent history.The 8chan poster appeared to have created several social-media accounts in recent weeks to promote himself and the manifesto, some of which appear to be sarcastic. There are an estimated 1.5 million firearms in New Zealand for a population of nearly five million. "We cannot be deterred, gun laws have to be changed regardless on activity from gun retailers," she said speaking to reporters. The Prime Minister pledged that the country's gun laws would change, adding that a ban on semi-automatic weapons would be considered.Īrdern said that Parliament would convene on Monday to discuss a change in gun policies. "The offender was mobile, there were two other firearms in the vehicle that the offender was in, and it absolutely was his intention to continue with his attack," Ardern told reporters in Christchurch on Saturday.Īrdern added that Tarrant was a licensed gun owner who allegedly used five weapons, including two semi-automatic weapons and two shotguns that were modified.
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