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Police did not identify the gunman, saying only that he was 24 and died after isolating himself in an elevator shaft at the top of the building site. He said there were “indications of mental health history” but that there was no evidence he was of high lethal risk and that his previous offences did not suggest he posed this kind of threat. “The individual is known for primarily family violence history,” he said. The offender was the subject of a home detention sentence, but had an exemption to work at the building site where the shooting occurred, New Zealand police commissioner Andrew Coster said. At least one police officer was among those injured during an exchange of fire. The shooting was not politically or ideologically motivated, New Zealand prime minister Chris Hipkins said. The shooter later died, in circumstances that are unclear. This article originally appeared on The Conversation.Two people were killed and six injured by a gunman in a shooting at a building site in central Auckland on Thursday morning, hours before the Women’s World Cup was due to start in the city.

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Update at 12:30am Saturday: Facebook says it has taken down a video of the shootings at a New Zealand mosque and removed the identified shooter's accounts from its platforms after being alerted by police.įacebook New Zealand spokeswoman Mia Garlick said in a statement the company was 'also removing any praise or support for the crime and the shooter or shooters as soon as we're aware.'īoth YouTube owner Google and Twitter also said they were working to remove video of the shootings from their sites.Ĭolleen Murrell is an associate professor of journalism at Swinburne University of Technology. Members of the public, and some media organisations, will not stop speculating, playing detective or 'rubber necking' at horror, despite what well-meaning social media citizens may desire.įor the media it's all about clicks, and unfortunately horror drives clicks. While some large media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, are under increasing pressure to clean up their acts in terms of publishing hate crime material, it is nigh on impossible to stop the material popping up in multiple places elsewhere.

Instant global access to news can also pose problems to subsequent trials of perpetrators, as was shown in the recent case involving Cardinal George Pell. Conspiracies fester when people believe they are not being told the truth.

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Those who believe in media freedom and the public's right to know are likely to complain if information and pictures are not available in full view on the internet.

Norwegian extremist Anders Behring Breivik, who killed 69 people on the island of Utoya in 2011, took a similar approach to justifying his acts.īefore his killing spree, Breivik wrote a 1,518 page manifesto called 2083: A European Declaration of Independence. There is also the real fear that publishing such material could lead to copycat crimes.Īlong with the photographs and 17 minutes of film, the alleged perpetrator has penned a 73-page manifesto, in which he describes himself as 'just a regular white man'. In some past incidences of terrorism and hate crime, pictures of the wrong people have been published around the world on social and in mainstream media.Īfter the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013, the wrong man was fingered as a culprit by a crowd-sourced detective hunt on various social media sites.

Sharing this material can be highly problematic.

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Opinion: The dark reality is right-wing extremists don't stand out in our toxic political environment.New Zealand shooter rushed by worshipper Abdul Aziz at Linwood mosque.Christchurch mosque shooter used same radicalisation tactics as Islamic State, expert says.PM's office received shooter's manifesto minutes before attack.'Kia kaha Christchurch': The beautiful tributes for Christchurch mosque attack victims.New Zealanders continue to shop for guns as regulations loom.PM Scott Morrison slams 'deeply offensive' Turkish President's Gallipoli comments.Father and son the first Christchurch victims laid to rest after attack.The risks of sharing information about terrorism More on this story: