Twitter Reacts To Details Of Christchurch Mosque Shooting In New Zealand

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The country of New Zealand is joined together in mourning the 49 people who were shot and killed after a white man carried out an attack on two mosques. As details of the horrific act of terrorism continue to develop, many on Twitter are rallying around the victims, their families, and the nation abroad.

According to The Guardian, three other individuals have been detained in connection to the shooting with one 28-year-old man deemed as the shooter. A rambling, disjointed manifesto has been uncovered by investigators but some journalists are saying the right-wing ideologies posed there are buried in other nonsensical details.

Reaction on Twitter to the crime has been ongoing since news broke, including support from Thor: Ragnarok director Taika Waititi, who hails from New Zealand. We’ve collected a number of these reactions below.

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No community on Earth should have to experience the intense loss that comes from gun violence.

When hate tries to divide us, we will always respond with compassion & unity.

Money raised is going to Christchurch for healing. Rise up against hate with us: https://t.co/8Z4wUC9Ffc
— March For Our Lives (@AMarch4OurLives) March 15, 2019

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By itself, evil is more powerful than good. But there's much, much more good in this world than evil. So good doesn't beat evil by being more powerful. It beats evil by sheer force of numbers.

Good to remember that now. #Christchurch
— Rutger Bregman (@rcbregman) March 15, 2019

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My heart is broken. My country is weeping and so am I. I am dying knowing that this kind of hatred can happen in my homeland. All my love goes out to Christchurch, the victims, the families, the Muslim community, and all who have chosen our islands as their home. This is not us.
— Taika Waititi (@TaikaWaititi) March 15, 2019

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The white supremacist Islamophobic terrorists who murdered 49 Muslims in cold blood as they were praying at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand said “subscribe to Pewdiepie” because they wanted to game the media for more attention. Please don’t fall for it. It’s sickening.
— Eugene Gu, MD (@eugenegu) March 15, 2019

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In the wake of a horrific hate crime, the President continues to try to pit Americans against one another based on our religion, or our skin color, or our politics. It’s shameful.

Christchurch #NewZealandShooting https://t.co/Bxmh84xD1j
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) March 15, 2019

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OFFICIAL RULING: Terrorism is an act of violence of an political or ideological nature in which the victims are not the intended audience. #ChristChurch was a Terrorist attack. Shooter was a Terrorist. Period.
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) March 15, 2019

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After the shootings in #Christchurch, 2 police officers walked into a Toronto Mosque and asked to the see the Imam.

They wanted to check on him:

“Are you feeling safe?”
“Are you okay?”
“Can we do anything to help?”

📹: @KamilKaramali https://t.co/vFDqImJcbg pic.twitter.com/8xF2nVPBzs
— Globalnews.ca (@globalnews) March 15, 2019

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We can’t accept a world where people are murdered because of who they are and where they worship—whether it’s mosques in Christchurch, an AME church in SC or a synagogue in PA. I’m praying for these communities and stand with them against hate, white supremacy and terrorism.
— Kirsten Gillibrand (@SenGillibrand) March 15, 2019

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Islamabad and Peshawar teams observe a minute’s silence in Karachi in wake of the sad incident in Christchurch. Players will come on the field with black armbands. #ChristchurchAttack pic.twitter.com/ZcRtSGl8Ob
— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) March 15, 2019

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All of us at Arsenal are extremely saddened by the recent tragic events in New Zealand

Christchurch, we're thinking of you ❤
— Arsenal FC (@Arsenal) March 15, 2019

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Ladies and gentlemen, this is the world we live in

#Christchurch pic.twitter.com/hCcG6BVhNf
— Mr. Perfect (@gohramgkb) March 15, 2019

12.

My heart goes out to the victims of the horrific terror attack in New Zealand.

We stand in solidarity with the Muslim community in Christchurch and around the world.

We must defeat the bigotry which fuels such hatred and violence.
— Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) March 15, 2019