CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AP) — An inquiry that began Tuesday into New Zealand’s worst mass-shooting will examine — among other issues — the response times of police and medics and whether any of the 51 people who were killed could have been saved.
The inquiry represents the first time authorities will outline the details of how they responded to the March 2019 shooting.
One of the issues under examination is whether an emergency door in the Al Noor mosque was functioning at the time of the shooting — and if not, why not.
Farrant gave evidence that the shooting began at 1:40 p.m. at the Al Noor mosque, where 44 people were killed, and the first emergency calls began about a minute later.
Ambulance staff entered the Al Noor mosque at 2:15 p.m., Farrant said, and began removing victims eight minutes later.
Persons:
Brenton Tarrant, Brigitte Windley, ”, Craig Farrant, Farrant, Al Noor, Al
Organizations:
Associated Press, Linwood Islamic Center, . Ambulance
Locations:
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand, Christchurch, Al Noor, Linwood