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| | The '''New Zealand mosque shooting''' was a [[direct action]] attack on two [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]] [[mosque]]s by a [[leftwing]] [[white supremacist]] that killed 50 [[Muslim]]s at prayer in retaliation for the [[Islam]]ization of [[the West]], and in the hopes of sparking "revolutionary change." The shooter described himself as a "green nationalist" and "eco-[[fascist]]." The shooting occurred on March 15, 2019. The shooter wrote a [[Cultural Marxist]]-[[dialectic]] diatribe, rife with contradictions and incoherent nonsense to justify murder and violence, such as is common to much radical leftist literature. | | The '''New Zealand mosque shooting''' was a [[direct action]] attack on two [[Christchurch]], [[New Zealand]] [[mosque]]s by a [[leftwing]] [[white supremacist]] that killed 50 [[Muslim]]s at prayer in retaliation for the [[Islam]]ization of [[the West]], and in the hopes of sparking "revolutionary change." The shooter described himself as a "green nationalist" and "eco-[[fascist]]." The shooting occurred on March 15, 2019. The shooter wrote a [[Cultural Marxist]]-[[dialectic]] diatribe, rife with contradictions and incoherent nonsense to justify murder and violence, such as is common to much radical leftist literature. |
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| − | Witness statements say that police took over 20 minutes to arrive at the scene. The actual response time was 36 minutes. | + | Witness statements say that police took over 20 minutes to arrive at the scene. The actual response time was 36 minutes. A shooter and several others were arrested. The 28 year old shooter obviously had paramilitary training and had traveled to [[Pakistan]], [[North Korea]], [[Turkey]], parts of [[Africa]], [[Portugal]], [[Spain, France]], [[Afghanistan]] and [[Xinjiang]], [[China]]. New Zealand media reported nothing of the shooter's cohorts after the incident. |
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| | ==Motivations== | | ==Motivations== |
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| | A recurring theme throughout the manifesto is an anti-Turkish sentiment. | | A recurring theme throughout the manifesto is an anti-Turkish sentiment. |
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| − | Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] stated that the attack was “no individual act” and that he was sending an official delegation to New Zealand to gather further information about the groups behind the attack.<ref>http://archive.is/KMl8U</ref> Turkish state-owned media source TRT World has cited anonymous officials who claimed that shooter entered the country “to carry out a terror attack and/ or an assassination.” The shooter’s visits to Turkey occurred on March 17-20, 2016 and September 13, 2016.<ref>http://archive.is/BhRO3</ref> Erdoğan survived a coup attempt that began July 15, 2016. | + | Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]] stated that the attack was “no individual act” and that he was sending an official delegation to New Zealand to gather further information about the groups behind the attack.<ref>http://archive.is/KMl8U</ref> Turkish state-owned media source TRT World has cited anonymous officials who claimed that shooter entered Turkey “to carry out a terror attack and/ or an assassination.” The shooter’s visits to Turkey occurred on March 17-20, 2016 and September 13, 2016.<ref>http://archive.is/BhRO3</ref> Erdoğan survived a coup attempt that began July 15, 2016. |
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| | The shooter addresses the question whether he was part of a [[false flag]] operation while advising how to conduct a false flag operation: {{quotebox|"Incite conflict. Place posters near public parks calling for [[sharia]] law, then in the next week place posters over such posters calling for the expulsion of all immigrants, repeat in every area of public life until the crisis arises.<br>Destabilize, then take control. If we want to radically and fundamentally change society, then we need to radicalize society as much as possible."}} Obviously, from context, not at all "conservative" or "right wing." | | The shooter addresses the question whether he was part of a [[false flag]] operation while advising how to conduct a false flag operation: {{quotebox|"Incite conflict. Place posters near public parks calling for [[sharia]] law, then in the next week place posters over such posters calling for the expulsion of all immigrants, repeat in every area of public life until the crisis arises.<br>Destabilize, then take control. If we want to radically and fundamentally change society, then we need to radicalize society as much as possible."}} Obviously, from context, not at all "conservative" or "right wing." |