Major focus of top-level inquiry will be whether security agencies focused their attention on the right issues and whether any clues were missed, says premier Jacinda Ardern
Major focus of top-level inquiry will be whether security agencies focused their attention on the right issues and whether any clues were missed, premier Jacinda Ardern saysNew Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks at her post-cabinet media conference at parliament in Wellington, New Zealand, on Monday. Picture: AFP/MARTY MELVILLE
A suspected white supremacist has been charged with one count of murder over the shootings and will appear in court on April 5. Ardern has said the man had not been on any watch lists in New Zealand or Australia. The precise terms of reference for the royal commission have yet to be announced but Ardern’s decision to call such an inquiry was welcomed by members of New Zealand’s Muslim community.
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