Death Toll in New Zealand Mosque Shootings Rises to 50

Flowers and signs laid at a memorial for victims of the Christchurch mosque attacks outside Masjid Al Noor in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 17, 2019. Jorge Silva/Reuters

CHRISTCHURCH/WELLINGTON, New Zealand—The number of people who died in a confirmed terrorist attack on two South Island mosques in Christchurch has climbed to 50, after investigators found another victim while removing bodies from the crime scenes, the country’s police commissioner said on March 17, 2019.

“It is with sadness that I advise that number of people who died in this event has now risen to 50,” Police Commissioner Mike Bush said. “As of last night we were able to take all of the victims from both of those scenes. In doing so we were able to locate a further victim.”