New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said her office was among several recipients of a so-called manifesto by the suspected Christchurch gunman just minutes before the first sh
Ellie Cullen
March 17 2019 9:10 AM
New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said her office was among several recipients of a so-called manifesto by the suspected Christchurch gunman just minutes before the first shots were fired.
Ms Ardern told reporters a copy of the document was emailed to her office nine minutes before the mosque attacks began.
She said: « I was one of more than 30 recipients of a manifesto that was mailed out nine minutes before the attack took place.
« It did not include location. It did not include specific details.
« Within two minutes of receipt it was conveyed directly to parliamentary security.
« Had it provided details that could have been acted on immediately it would have been, but unfortunately there were no such details in the email. »
She added: « The fact that there was an ideological manifesto with extreme views attached to this attack is, of course, deeply disturbing. »
A 74-page manifesto, believed to have been written by suspect Brenton Tarrant, was posted online and outlined his anti-immigrant motives.
