Published 11:12 IST, March 18th 2019

New Zealand government to announce gun reforms within 10 days

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says gun law reforms will be announced within 10 days following the Christchurch shootings that killed 50 people.

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New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says gun law reforms will be anunced within 10 days following Christchurch shootings that killed 50 people.

She said Cabinet ministers h met and me an in-principle decision to tighten gun ownership but details still need to be worked out. Ardern also anunced an inquiry into country’s intelligence services.

Australian white supremacist charged in massacre wasn’t detected before his well-planned attack on two mosques and re have been concerns intelligence ncies were overly focused on Muslim community in detecting and preventing security risks.

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Australia is making public grants available to help places of worship bolster security after an Australian white supremacist was accused of a terror attack in New Zealand.

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Aussie Prime Minister Scott Morrison says 55 million Australian dollars ($39 million) in total will be me available to d security video, fencing, lighting and alarms.

Morrison says religious freedom has to start with right to worship and meet safely without fear of violence.

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Australian Brenton Tarrant was charged with murder over shootings at two mosques in Christchurch in which 50 people were killed. He grew up in New South Wales town of Grafton and h lived in New Zealand in recent years.

Australian police have raided two homes in New South Wales state as part of investigation into New Zealand mosque shootings. Australian Brenton Tarrant has been charged with murder over shootings in Christchurch on Friday, March 15.

Families of 50 people killed in Christchurch mosque shootings are enduring an increasingly agonizing wait for bodies of victims to be released as New Zealand reels from unprecedented trdy.

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Three days after Friday’s attack, New Zealand’s deliest shooting in modern history, relatives were anxiously waiting for word on when y can bury ir loved ones. Islamic trition calls for bodies to be cleansed and buried as soon as possible after death.

Authorities say y hope to release all bodies by Wednesday, March 20. 

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11:11 IST, March 18th 2019