17 March

New Zealand's police commissioner has stressed that at this moment only one suspect, Brenton Tarrant, has been charged with murder for the shootings at two mosques on Friday.

Mike Bush also said at the news conference on Sunday that the number of people who died in the attacks has risen to 50. The police had detained another man and a woman who they now believe were not involved in the attack.

Bush added that he will not say anything conclusive about how many people were involved but he hopes to do so over the next few days. Police say 28-year-old Australian Tarrant had five guns including semi-automatic rifles with him at the time of the attacks on Friday.

They allege that Tarrant attacked a mosque in central Christchurch on Friday and travelled to another mosque about five kilometers east to continue the massacre. He was not on any watch list. New Zealand police will work with Australian authorities to learn about his background and motives for the attacks.

More than 30 people are still in hospital, with two of them in serious condition.—NHK