New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has said she was “devastated” to learn of a threat to car bomb a local mosque which was made in an online forum. A 27-year-old man was arrested and charged for the shocking pledge this week, less than a fortnight from the second anniversary of the Christchurch Mosque terror attacks. Online, the man adopted a username similar to Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant. The man visited a notorious white supremacist forum and made the threat with an accompanying vow to live stream the attacks—just as Tarrant did. The post sat online for two days before a member of the public took action. But a local Islamic organisation is angry that the police did not intervene sooner. Islamic Women’s Council of New Zealand national coordinator Aliya Danzeisen said her community was frustrated little had been done to fix holes in New Zealand’s security agencies. “We have Royal …
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