New Zealand's spy agencies have faced criticism in the wake of the attack for concentrating on the threat from Islamic extremism.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday ordered an independent judicial inquiry into whether police and intelligence services could have prevented the Christchurch mosque attacks on 15 March.
Instead, the victims were all Muslims and the massacre was allegedly carried out by a white supremacist fixated on the belief that there was an Islamist plot to "invade" Western countries."New Zealand is not a surveillance state ... but questions need to be answered." It will cover the activities of intelligence services, police, customs, immigration and any other relevant government agencies in the lead-up to the attack.
New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters travelled to Istanbul to meet Erdogan and address an emergency meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.
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