Mosque Gunman Planned Further Attack, New Zealand Police Say
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New Zealand police say the man alleged to have gunned down 50 people in two Christchurch mosques was on his way to another target when he was detained.
“We strongly believe we stopped him on the way to a further attack,” Commissioner Mike Bush said at a press conference on Wednesday. “So lives were saved by our staff” who were “courageous in their intervention,” he said.