Hours before Monday's attack police were racing to find the two teenagers who would ultimately be deemed responsible.
Police in Texas are encouraging officers to wear their uniforms in houses of worship in light of recent attacks targetting religious communities.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says New Zealand is immediately banning assault rifles, high-capacity magazines and "military style semi-automatic rifles" like the weapons used in last Friday's attacks on two Christchurch mosques.
'MAGA' HAT VS. VIGIL: People who were at the peaceful prayer recalled the person saying the vigil was "meaningless."
"Give him nothing, not even his name." New Zealand's prime minister declared Tuesday she would do everything in her power to deny the accused mosque gunman a platform for elevating his white supremacist views.
The victims include Husne Ara Parvin, who died being struck by bullets while trying to shield her wheelchair-bound husband.