The death toll in the New Zealand mosque shootings rose to 50 on Sunday when police found another body at one of the mosques as families waited for authorities to formally identify victims and release their bodies for burial.

Australian Brenton Tarrant, 28, a suspected white supremacist, was charged with murder on Saturday. Tarrant was remanded without a plea and is due back in court on April 5, where police said he was likely to face more charges.

Friday's attack, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled terrorism, was the worst peacetime mass killing in New Zealand. and the country had raised its security threat level to the highest.