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Christchurch Terrorist Attack: An Analysis

Introduction Last Friday in Christchurch, New Zealand, fifty people were killed and more than 50 people were injured in two incidents. The both attacks occurred in two mosques which are located at Deans Avenue and Linwood Avenue. Friday a very auspicious day for Muslims. The attacker(s) was a right wing extremist. The perpetrator(s) has designated this day and time by livestreaming his atrocity against the innocent people. The impact of these attacks to the world was devastating. No one has thought that this kind of massacre could be happened in New Zealand. Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern called the massacre in Christchurch as ‘one of the darkest days in New Zeland history.’ According to the 2018 Global Peace Index (GIP) New Zealand is considered as one of the most peaceful nation in the world.   These unprecedented attacks in Christchurch have changed the entire perception that New Zealand is a peace loving nation. In last February, Rebecca Kitteridge, the Director Genera