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Muslim community on high alert after online threat

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Publish Date
Tue, 3 Mar 2020, 11:25AM
Photo / NZ Herald
Photo / NZ Herald

Muslim community on high alert after online threat

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 3 Mar 2020, 11:25AM

A security expert says online chatter can increase close to significant dates.

Police are investigating after a threat to Christchurch mosques was made online, nearly a year on from the attacks.

Massey University security expert John Battersby told Mike Hosking for some people the internet is how people express their desire to horrify and disgust us - and the reaction is what they're looking for.

"They like to look for ways to express what they want to say anonymously - and they're likely to get a bigger audience as big dates approach."

 Battersby says this was more about getting a reaction than anything else.

"I wouldn't belittle it - it's there the police will investigate it, but I  wouldn't have made any media publicity about it."

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