Its a dark day in New Zealand as 49 people have been confirmed dead after a terrorist attack.
Its reported that the extremists attacked two mosques living scores injured.
According to AFP, reports have also revealed that one of the gunmen, believed to be an Australian extremist, apparently live-streamed the deadly assault.
The man, who identified himself as 28-year-old Australian-born Brenton Tarrant, filmed the attack on social media. Dressed in a military-style, camouflage outfit, and carrying an automatic rifle he started randomly shooting people in the Al Noor mosque shortly after 1.40pm local time (12.40am GMT).
The attacks has sparked horror, revulsion and dismay around the world.
The New Zealand’s Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern, was quoted saying: ‘It is clear that this can now only be described as a terrorist attack,’ as she also described it as “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”
Several heads of states have condemned the incident.