Christchurch attack: New Zealand launches gun buy-back scheme

Thu, Jun 20th 2019, 01:46 PM

New Zealand has launched a gun buy-back scheme in the wake of the deadly Christchurch mosque shootings. 

More than $208m New Zealand dollars (£108m, $136m), have been set aside to compensate owners of semi-automatic weapons which were banned following the attacks.

The ban was agreed by parliament in April, weeks after the shootings.

In March, a gunman killed 51 people at a mosque and Islamic centre during Friday prayers.

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