After days of intense grieving for New Zealand's worst-ever mass shooting, attention began to turn to how the country's gun laws need to change and what warning signs might have been missed ahead of a gunman's attack on two mosques that killed 50 people.
Bodies of the victims of Friday's attacks in Christchurch were being washed and prepared for burial in a Muslim ritual process, with teams of volunteers flown in from overseas to assist with the heavy workload.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said her Cabinet had made in-principle decisions on changes to gun laws that she would announce next Monday, saying now was the time to act on tightening access to firearms.
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