Multiple fatalities reported following shootings at New Zealand mosques

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First responders help a man injured during a shooting in Christchurch.
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Multiple people were killed on Friday in shootings at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, police said.

One person has been arrested, but authorities believe other people may have been involved, and parts of the city are on lockdown. Stuff reports that at least nine people were killed and dozens injured at the Masjid Al Noor and Linwood Masjid mosques. Police Commissioner Mike Bush has issued a warning, saying that "no one in the country must go to a mosque under any circumstances."

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Catherine Garcia, The Week US
Catherine Garcia, The Week US

Catherine Garcia has worked as a senior writer at The Week since 2014. Her writing and reporting have appeared in Entertainment Weekly, The New York Times, Wirecutter, NBC News and "The Book of Jezebel," among others. She's a graduate of the University of Redlands and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.