The writer appeared deeply familiar with the far-right internet, which he said influenced his thinking. He decorated those guns with neo-Nazi symbols and names of past killers and crusaders. At one point, the author mentioned carrying out the attack with guns to gain American attention and to sow political discord. Some of those cultural references appeared to be ironic, or a ploy for attention.

The alleged shooter referenced an ideological jumble of right-wing personalities in the manifesto. In the 8chan post, Muslims are described as вЂњinvaders.вЂќ The manifesto is filled with anger toward Muslims and claims that Muslim immigration would lead to вЂњwhite genocide.вЂќ As gruesome clips of the shooting circulated on social media, Facebook, Reddit, and Twitter deleted links to the video-and the posterвЂ™s Twitter profile was deactivated.Д«ased on the postings, the shooting appears to have been motivated by anger over Muslim immigration. At one point, he left the building and returned to the car for a new gun, before going back to the mosque and resuming the massacre.ДЁchan users cheered the attack online, with one replying to the original post with a picture of a man saluting. He used the Facebook account to stream a 17-minute video of him opening fire inside a Christchurch mosque.

White-supremacist terrorists sometimes release racist manifestos in concert with violent attacks to amplify their beliefs. The 8chan poster appeared to have created several social-media accounts in recent weeks to promote himself and the manifesto, some of which appear to be sarcastic.

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