"Because it could be part of the reason that deaths occurred," she said. Ms Dalziel said she imagined "what happened immediately after the police arrived" at Al-Noor mosque would be sensitive for the service as "they were trying to determine what was going on, whether the scene was safe, particularly to allow the first responders to enter".īut she said her clients believed the police response should be within the inquiry's scope. In the days that followed the Christchurch attacks, friends and family of those killed gathered to mourn the dead. These are some of the issues being discussed in this week's hearing and it's apparent some of them are incredibly important to whether those still grieving will ever feel a sense of closure - or that they were included in the process. Will the police response be included? What about the factors that led to the offender's radicalisation? Will the coroner look at how he obtained his gun licence, or will that be outside her scope? This "scope hearing" is one step in a long legal process.īut for the families and survivors who say their questions have gone unanswered for three years, exactly what is included and excluded in the coronial inquiry is everything.
On Thursday, counsel representing the Human Rights Commission, as well as the convicted terrorist, will speak. Today, lawyers for Islamic associations as well as New Zealand Police, St John's Ambulance and the Canterbury district health authorities will make submissions. There will be a coronial inquiry into the terrorist attack that killed 51 people while they attended Friday prayers at two Christchurch mosques and this week's hearing is designed to what issues should be included.Ĭoroner Brigitte Windley heard from counsel representing family members and survivors of the attack on Tuesday.
Warning: This story contains content which may be distressing "And they are concerned … that this was trauma that their loved ones experienced which may have contributed to the ease in which they subsequently died."
"The overwhelming evidence from our clients is that the terrorist was not the only one that pointed guns at our clients or their loved ones that day," lawyer Kathryn Dalziel told New Zealand's Coroner's Court on Tuesday.
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