That day, an article titled "Shitposting, Inspirational Terrorism, and the Christchurch Mosque Massacre" was published by journalist Robert Evans on his personal blog BellingCat, which examined the use of memes and shitposting by the suspect. In the document shared on 8chan prior to the shooting, the author professes to be an "eco-fascist," discussing the "great replacement" right-wing conspiracy theory and cites Turning Point USA's Candance Owens as an inspiration before also claiming the game Spyro the Dragon 3 taught him "ethno-nationalism" and that Fortnite taught him "to floss on the corpses of my enemies" (shown below).Īdditionally, the shooter put a version of the Navy Seal Copypasta under the heading "You are a bigot,racist,xenophobe,islamophobe, nazi,fascist!" (shown below). (Video: Facebook / New Zealand Police) /cdTr7x50Nc- Channel NewsAsia March 15, 2019 VIDEO: New Zealand police confirm multiple fatalities in #Christchurch shooting involving 2 mosques y4z6ata97D- Mister AntiBully March 15, 2019Īlso that evening, the uploaded footage of a New Zealand police spokesperson confirming multiple fatalities at two different mosques, and urging New Zealand residents to not visit mosques in the country (shown below). I can hear them writing the headlines right now. Meanwhile, Twitter user posted a clip from the alleged shooter's livestream saying "subscribe to PewDiePie" (shown below). Police declare "critical incident" in Christchurch, New Zealand early reports of shots fired. That evening, Twitter user Nick Monroe posted a thread with live updates about the shooting (shown below). During portions of the stream, the songs "Remove Kebab" and the Initial D song "Gas Gas Gas" could be heard playing in the background.
The attacks were livestreamed by the shooter on Facebook, which showed the shooter entering a mosque while shooting a shotgun, before switching to an assault rifle and shooting people inside. That day, shootings took place at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. The post was accompanied by an illustration of an Australian Shitposter and links to his manifesto.
On March 15th, 2019, a post was submitted to 8chan's /pol/ board announcing a planned attack that would be livestreamed on New Zealand resident Brenton Tarrant's Facebook page (shown below).
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