27 Oct 2023

Police dispatcher didn't realise mosque threat was genuine - inquest

From Checkpoint, 5:48 pm on 27 October 2023

The police dispatcher on the day of the Christchurch terror attack says she would've sent armed units to Linwood Islamic Centre if she had been aware of the threat contained within the gunman's manifesto.

A police call taker was told of the threat eight minutes before the terrorist began shooting, but the inquest heard today the dispatcher allocating police officers didn't learn of the information until days after the attack.

Timothy Brown was in court.