ISLAMABAD – In a terrorist attack inside two mosques in New Zealand’sChristchurc, attacker was identified as an Australian extremis.
After the attack, it emerged that the attacker’s gun mentioned slogans andcertain names in English.
The writing in White colour mentioned the name of Anton Lundin Pettersson,who was a young, extremist student in Sweden. Petterson had killed twomigrant children in 2015.
Another name was of Alexandre Bissonnette, who attacked a Canadian mosquein 2017 and murdered six Muslims.
Albanian military Commander Skanderbeg’s name was also written on the gun.He led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire in the 15th century.
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The other names included that of Antonio Bragadin and Charles Martel.Bragadin was a Venetian officer who violated an agreement, killing Turkishcaptives. Whereas, Martel was a Frank military leader who had defeatedSpanish Muslims in the Battle of Tours.
Another thing mentioned on the gun was 1683, which refers to the Battle ofVienna. In this battle, the strategic city of Vienna was besieged by theOttoman forces.
