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Terror attacks on New Zealand mosques

Forty-nine people have been killed in a terror attack on two mosques in New Zealand

At least 49 people have been killed and at least 20 wounded in terror attacks at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Today programme's Dominic O'Connell reports from the city. Muslim Association of Marlborough chairman, Zayd Blissett says the attack came "out of the blue". Former prime minister Helen Clark says it is a "watershed moment". And Metropolitan Police's ex-counter terror police head Mark Rowley says social media and extremist political rhetoric contributes to Islamophobia.

(Image: Al Noor Mosque, Christchurch, credit: Reuters)

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