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 absence ought change and what warning signs force consume been missed ahead of a gunman's assault above two mosques that killed 50 people.
Bodies of the victims of Friday's attacks can Christchurch were being washed and prepared because burial can a Muslim ritual process, with teams of volunteers flown can from overseas ought help 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 advertise next Monday, saying now was the time ought operation above tightening access ought firearms.
Simon Bridges, main of the opposition National Party, said he wanted ought obtain details of the changes ought exclaim on if there could exist bipartisan uphold can Parliament. The National feast draws uphold from rural areas, where gun ownership is higher than can urban areas.
"We know that change is required. I'm voluntary ought emerge can anything that is going ought heighten our safety - that's our position," Bridges told TVNZ.
In appendix ought the 50 killed, dozens were wounded can the two mosques can the South island city during Friday prayers.
Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist who was alive can Dunedin, above New Zealand's South Island, was charged with assassinate above Saturday. Tarrant was remanded without a plea and is due assistance can playground above April 5, where police said he was apt ought appearance more charges.
Andrew Little, the minister who oversees New Zealand's news agencies, said monitoring of online activity had been stepped up can the awake of the Christchurch attacks.
"There are nation who consume been online making statements who consume been interviewed by the police; that will continue. There is a flat of intervention, there is a heightened flat of monitoring," little said above TVNZ above Monday night.
Ardern said there used to exist an investigation into what government agencies "knew, or could or ought consume known" nearly the alleged gunman and if the assault could exist prevented.
"We consume ought know if there consume been failings, if there consume been gaps," little said above TVNZ. "We consume ought desert no jewel unturned ought no only trade with the perpetrator and oath the criminal honesty system gets ought trade with him, besides ought understand how this could consume happened can this country."
More than 250 New Zealand police adhere are working above the investigation can the attacks, with adhere from the U.S. FBI and Australia's Federal Police working with local investigators.
In the awake of the mortal attack, other incidents were diagram scrutiny. A gun league can the northern city of Kaitaia burned down early above Tuesday morning, and police were treating the glare 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 dim laptop handbag was sentiment ought consume been bought onto the airfield by someone climbing above fences nearly the Dunedin airport. Police found a letter written by the person who left the "hoax device," which was dealt with by defense might experts.
"The insensitive temper of this operation can glitter of recent events cannot exist overstated," police said can a statement.
(Writing by John Mair; Editing by Leslie Adler)
