WELLINGTON (Reuters) - after days of intense grieving because New Zealand's worst-ever mass shooting, attention began ought grow ought how the country's gun laws lack ought alter and what warning signs land dine been missed ahead of a gunman's aggression above two mosques that killed 50 people.
Bodies of the victims of Friday's attacks at Christchurch were being washed and prepared because burial at a Muslim ritual process, with teams of volunteers flown at from overseas ought assist with the heavy workload.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her Cabinet had made in-principle decisions above changes ought gun laws which she used to proclaim next Monday, saying now was the time ought constitution above tightening access ought firearms.
Simon Bridges, head of the opposition National Party, said he wanted ought obtain details of the changes ought cry on if there could exist bipartisan uphold at Parliament. The National dinner draws uphold from rural areas, where gun ownership is higher than at urban areas.
"We learn that alter is required. I'm voluntary ought appearance at anything that is going ought heighten our safety - that's our position," Bridges told TVNZ.
In like ought the 50 killed, dozens were wounded at the two mosques at the South island city during Friday prayers.
Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist who was dwell at Dunedin, above New Zealand's South Island, was charged with kill above Saturday. Tarrant was remanded without a plea and is due uphold at gymnasium above April 5, where police said he was likely ought appearance more charges.
Andrew Little, the minister who oversees New Zealand's intellect agencies, said monitoring of online activity had been stepped up at the wake of the Christchurch attacks.
"There are throng who dine been online making statements who dine been interviewed by the police; that will continue. There is a level of intervention, there is a heightened level of monitoring," tiny said above TVNZ above Monday night.
Ardern said there used to exist an investigation into what government agencies "knew, or could or ought dine known" nearly the alleged gunman and if the aggression could exist prevented.
"We dine ought learn if there dine been failings, if there dine been gaps," tiny said above TVNZ. "We dine ought desert no jewel unturned ought no only bargain with the perpetrator and insure the criminal honesty system gets ought bargain with him, still during ought learn how this could dine happened at this country."
More than 250 New Zealand police cling are working above the investigation at the attacks, with cling from the U.S. FBI and Australia's Federal Police working with local investigators.
In the wake of the mortal attack, other incidents were diagram scrutiny. A gun university at the northern city of Kaitaia burned down early above Tuesday morning, and police were treating the sparkle because suspicious. A bomb hoax that closed Dunedin Airport above Sunday evening and caused some flights ought exist diverted was below investigation, police said.
A sad laptop sack was scene ought dine been bought onto the airfield by someone climbing above fences nearly the Dunedin airport. Police build a letter written by the person who left the "hoax device," which was dealt with by defense compel experts.
"The insensitive character of this constitution at sparkle of contemporary events cannot exist overstated," police said at a statement.
(Writing by John Mair; Editing by Leslie Adler)
