New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday a royal commission, a powerful form of public inquiry, into the events leading up to a March 15 attack on two mosques in Christchurch that killed 50 people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is important that no stone is left unturned to get to the bottom of how this act of terrorism occurred and what, if any, opportunities we had to stop it,\u201d Ardern told reporters at Parliament House in the capital, Wellington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A suspected white supremacist has been charged with one count of murder over the Christchurch shootings and will next appear in court on April 5. Ardern has said the man had not been on any watch lists in New Zealand or Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The precise terms of reference for the royal commission have yet to be announced but Ardern\u2019s decision to call such an inquiry was welcomed by members of New Zealand\u2019s Muslim community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe announcement of an inquiry is a great call and the right thing to do. I hope that it will be an inclusive inquiry and that an opportunity will be provided to the Muslim community to feed into the terms of reference,\u201d said Guled Mire, a Muslim community advocate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Royal commissions are independent inquiries and are usually reserved for matters of the greatest public importance. Ardern said such an inquiry was an appropriate response to the attack but declined to give a timeframe while her government finalised the terms of reference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Massey University security and defence analyst Rhys Ball, who formerly worked for New Zealand\u2019s intelligence service, said the inquiry should include agencies such as customs, police and immigration.\u201cI know that right-wing extremism was always considered a potential problem and was monitored from time to time and investigated,\u201d Ball said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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