FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - New Zealand Captain's Run - The Lensbury, Teddington, Britain - November 9, 2018 New Zealand's Kieran Read during the captain's run Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - All Blacks captain Kieran Read has urged his fellow New Zealanders to reject bigotry and support the country's Muslim community after a mass shooting at two mosques in Christchurch on Friday.
The death toll from the shooting, carried out by a suspected white supremacist and described by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern as the country's "darkest day", rose to 50 on Sunday.
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