New Zealand mosque shootings kill 49, unconfirmed video shows gunman

All Christchurch schools and council buildings have been placed into lockdown. All mosques to remain closed across New Zealand today

At least one gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 during Friday prayers at two New Zealand mosques in the country's worst ever mass shooting, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern condemned as terrorism.
 
A gunman broadcast live footage on Facebook of the attack on one mosque in the city of Christchurch, mirroring the carnage played out in video games, after publishing a "manifesto" in which he denounced immigrants, calling them "invaders".
 
New Zealand was placed on its highest security threat level, Ardern said, adding that four people taken into custody held extremist views but had not