Mr Peneha, who lives next door to the mosque, said the gunman ran out of the mosque, dropped what appeared to be a semi-automatic weapon in his drive, and fled. Witness Len Peneha said he saw a man dressed in black enter the mosque and then heard dozens of shots, followed by people running from the mosque in terror.
The New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern later described the incident as an event which can 'only be described as a terrorist attack'.
At least 49 people are believed to have died in two terror attacks on mosques in Christchurch.įour people are in custody after New Zealand Police said there had been 'multiple fatalities' following what they described as a 'tragic series of events' in the Canterbury region on Friday.
