https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/03/14/reports-gunman-opens-fire-at-new-zealand-mosque-several-casualties/

By Isaac Stanley-Becker, Eli Rosenberg and Alex Horton | The Washington Post

Forty-nine people are dead and scores more are seriously injured after a heavily armed gunman clad in military-style gear opened fire during prayers at a mosque in the center of Christchurch, New Zealand, on Friday. A second mosque was also targeted in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called a well-planned “terrorist attack” making for “one of New Zealand’s darkest days.”