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NZ Police Arrest Man with Suspected Explosives in Christchurch

  • Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video.

    Police officers and vehicles are seen behind police cordon, in Christchurch, New Zealand in this still image taken from video. | Photo: Reuters

Published 30 April 2019
Opinion

Over a month after a white supremacist carried out a horrendous terrorist attack at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, local police have arrested a man that was carrying a suspected explosive device inside the city.

New Zealand police announced on Tuesday that a man in the city of Christchurch, where 50 people were killed in attacks by a lone gunman on two mosques in March, was arrested after the authorities were called over threats about an explosive device”.  

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According to Reuters, local police cordoned off streets in the Phillipstown area of the city on New Zealand’s South Island, with a bomb disposal team, ambulance and fire and emergency crews sent to the scene.

“Police have located a package containing a suspected explosive device and ammunition at a vacant address ... in Christchurch,” district police commander Superintendent John Price said in a statement.

An explosives disposal unit rendered the package safe and a 33-year-old Christchurch man was arrested, the statement said. The police cordon was later lifted.

Fifty people were killed and dozens wounded in attacks on the Al Noor and Linwood mosques during Friday prayers in Christchurch on March 15, the worst peace-time shooting in New Zealand history. Tuesday’s incident was about a kilometer from the Linwood mosque.

Authorities have charged Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, with 50 counts of murder.

The mosque attacks shook New Zealand to its core and prompted the government to quickly tighten gun laws.

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