Sputnik
March 15, 2019
Police have arrested four people following attacks that took place in two Muslim places of worship in Christchurch on Friday afternoon (local time). One of the shooters wrote in a manifesto that he’d carried out the attack to “directly reduce immigration rates to European lands”.
The gunman who live-streamed himself killing Muslims at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday appeared to be rooting for the Swedish blogger.
In an extremely graphic 17-minute video published on an American internet forum, he can be heard saying “Remember lads, subscribe to PewDiePie” as he drove to the Al Noor Mosque.
An excerpt from the video:
#BREAKING The Christchurch gunman filmed his mass shooting live on social media, video shows dozens wounded/deceased.
NTS Sources name the shooter as Brenton Tarrant, he said “subscribe to pewdiepie” before the attack.
MORE: https://t.co/BTwmoNZcyt pic.twitter.com/FWTsGocjZD— News This Second (@NewsThisSecond) March 15, 2019
Pewds himself condemned the shooting, saying that he was “absolutely sickened” by the shooter mentioning his name.
Just heard news of the devastating reports from New Zealand Christchurch.
I feel absolutely sickened having my name uttered by this person.
My heart and thoughts go out to the victims, families and everyone affected by this tragedy.— ƿ૯ωძɿ૯ƿɿ૯ (@pewdiepie) March 15, 2019
The man, who was apparently wearing a GoPro device, filmed himself storming into the mosque and gunning down worshippers with a semi-automatic weapon.
In the video, dozens appeared to be wounded or deceased, with reports circulating that he also opened fire at another Christchurch mosque. Fourty-nine people have been killed in these two attacks and nearly 20 wounded.
The man in the shocking video described himself as Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old Australian. His Twitter and…