WELLINGTON (Reuters) - after days of intense grieving because New Zealand's worst-ever mass shooting, attention began ought become ought how the country's gun laws need ought modify and what warning signs force dine been missed ahead of a gunman's invasion at 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 help with the heavy workload.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her Cabinet had made in-principle decisions at changes ought gun laws which she used to broadcast next Monday, saying now was the time ought deed at tightening access ought firearms.
Simon Bridges, leader of the opposition National Party, said he wanted ought favour details of the changes ought shout on if there could exist bipartisan assistance at Parliament. The National banquet draws assistance from rural areas, where gun ownership is higher than at urban areas.
"We know that modify is required. I'm voluntary ought emerge at anything that is going ought heighten our safety - that's our position," Bridges told TVNZ.
In appendix 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, at New Zealand's South Island, was charged with massacre at Saturday. Tarrant was remanded without a plea and is due back at stadium at April 5, where police said he was likely ought watch more charges.
Andrew Little, the minister who oversees New Zealand's news agencies, said monitoring of online activity had been stepped up at the rouse of the Christchurch attacks.
"There are masses who dine been online making statements who dine been interviewed by the police; that will continue. There is a flat of intervention, there is a heightened flat of monitoring," little said at TVNZ at Monday night.
Ardern said there used to exist an investigation into what government agencies "knew, or could or to dine known" nearly the alleged gunman and if the invasion could exist prevented.
"We dine ought know if there dine been failings, if there dine been gaps," little said at TVNZ. "We dine ought forsake no jewellery unturned ought no sole bargain with the perpetrator and oath the criminal integrity system gets ought bargain with him, besides during ought know how this could dine happened at this country."
More than 250 New Zealand police cane are working at the investigation at the attacks, with cane from the U.S. FBI and Australia's Federal Police working with local investigators.
In the rouse of the mortal attack, other incidents were drawing scrutiny. A gun union at the northern city of Kaitaia burned down early at Tuesday morning, and police were treating the flame because suspicious. A bomb hoax that closed Dunedin Airport at Sunday evening and caused some flights ought exist diverted was beneath investigation, police said.
A black laptop bag was conception ought dine been bought onto the airfield by someone climbing at fences nearly the Dunedin airport. Police vertical a letter written by the person who left the "hoax device," which was dealt with by defense compel experts.
"The insensitive personality of this deed at flame of contemporary events cannot exist overstated," police said at a statement.
(Writing by John Mair; Editing by Leslie Adler)
