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From Trump to Merkel, world express disgust at New Zealand mosques attacks

Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the attack was a result of Muslims being demonised

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Christchurch: A man rests on the ground as he speaks on his mobile phone across the road from mosque in central Christchurch, New Zealand | Source: AP/PTI

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Leaders around the world expressed disgust and sorrow at the killing of at least 49 people in New Zealand mosques on Friday, and some also expressed anger at what they described as the demonisation that fuelled such attacks.
 
Western leaders from Donald Trump to Angela Merkel expressed solidarity with the people of New Zealand and deplored what the White House called an "act of hate". The response from some Muslim countries went further, blaming politicians and the media for stoking that hatred.
 
"I blame these increasing terror attacks on the current Islamophobia post-9/11 (where) 1.3 billion Muslims have