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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Tess McClure in Auckland

Buffalo shooting: unease in New Zealand as live stream of ‘Christchurch-inspired’ attack finds foothold

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the scene of a shooting at a Buffalo supermarket on Tuesday. Footage of the racist attack has spread inside New Zealand despite efforts to ban it.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden visit the scene of a shooting at a Buffalo supermarket on Tuesday. Footage of the racist attack has spread inside New Zealand despite efforts to ban it. Photograph: Andrew Harnik/AP

Widespread horror at the killing of shoppers at a Buffalo grocery store, allegedly by a white supremacist gunman, has been felt keenly in New Zealand as it continues to reckon with the ripple effects of the 2019 Christchurch massacre of 51 Muslims at prayer.

New Zealand has already moved to ban the live stream video and “manifesto” apparently published by the alleged shooter, which is said to specifically cite the mosque shootings as a source of inspiration. Mosque attack survivors are being re-traumatised by the Buffalo footage, reportedly sent to them anonymously online, and researchers are concerned material from the shooting is spreading quickly inside New Zealand.

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