FILE PHOTO: Mike Salvesen works in his yard on his farm at Mt Somers, outside Christchurch, New Zealand March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Tom Westbrook
MT SOMERS, New Zealand (Reuters) - Mike Salvesen was working on his farm in the foothills of New Zealand's Southern Alps last Friday when his phone began pinging with news of a tragedy unfolding about 110 km (70 miles) away in Christchurch.
A lone gunman, armed with two powerful semi-automatic rifles and other weapons, had entered two mosques, shooting dead 50 people and wounding 50 more.
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