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The deadly attacks on two New Zealand mosques, which were widely condemned, showed rising Islamophobia and the urgent need to clamp down on the right-wing ideology feeding it, world leaders said.A 28-year-old Australian man, a suspected white supremacist, appeared in court in the New Zealand city yesterday and was charged with murder. The man, Brenton Tarrant, flashed a white power sign during the brief court appearance.
"Just as we come down hard on terrorists who say that they attack on behalf of Islam, you got to come down equally hard on Islamophobic people and also you got to deal with the ideology. It's not just dealing with specific incidents," he told reporters on the sidelines of a grassroots event."Hate has no place anywhere.
Mr Anning faced widespread derision on social media for his comments and a teenage protester smashed an egg on the Queensland politician's head yesterday during a public meeting. Visitors as well as refugees from Syria, Somalia and other war-torn nations were among the victims. Some people were still missing, including a three-year-old boy whose brother said he had not seen him since the shooting at the Al Noor Mosque in central Christchurch. The two boys were there with their family. Their father survived by playing dead, the New Zealand Herald reported.
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