Wellington, Reuters. New Zealand police were looking for a man who shot two officers during a routine traffic stop before arriving in the city of Auckland on Friday. Policemen have been seriously injured in this attack. Police said in a statement on Twitter that a man’s vehicle was hit by them, due to which the suspect escaped. Vetamata District Commander, Superintendent Naila Hassan said in a statement, “Strict search operation is going on; orders have been given to immediately close schools in that place.”
Explain that gun related crimes are less in New Zealand. The law has been tightened in mass firing in the country since the killing of 51 Muslim worshipers in Christchurch last year. Country lawmakers on Thursday passed legislation to create a new firearms registry that license holders would need to update to buy or sell guns.
The accused, who committed the most gruesome Christchurch mosque attack in New Zealand, confessed all their crimes in March 2020. He was convicted for killing 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch. The attack, a year earlier, shocked the entire nation and led to the introduction of new stringent laws to ban dangerous semi-automatic weapons.
Two mosques in Christchurch, Al-Noor and Linwood, were convicted of attacking Australian citizen Brenton Harrison Tarant. Let us tell you that on 15 March 2019, 28-year-old Brenton opened indiscriminate fire on people during Namaz in two mosques.
However, he was arrested by the police 21 minutes after the attack. Doshi Tarant had also released a live video of the massacre on Facebook, which went viral and was also seen on another social media. The attack was so horrific that it shook the entire Muslim community of the country, after which the international community and locals showed solidarity with the affected.
It was only then that Prime Minister Jesinda Ardern spoke of a change in the gun law. More than 50 people were also injured during the attack. In this, the players of Bangladesh cricket team also narrowly survived.Â
