Wounded and dying victims of a white supremacist terrorist attack on a mosque in Christchurch were left alone in the building for ten minutes in the chaotic aftermath of the 2019 mass shooting, as confusion and incorrect reports of more gunmen prompted police officers to leave the scene and rush to other locations, a coronial inquest has heard.
Amid uncertainty about whether more attacks were imminent, paramedics did not enter Masjid an-Nur, the first of two New Zealand mosques attacked by the Australian gunman, until 30 minutes after the attack ended.
