WELLINGTON (AFP) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Saturday (March 13) told an emotional memorial service marking two years sincethe Christchurch mosque attacks that the country had "a duty" to support its Muslim community.

Hundreds of people turned out for the service, held amid tight security, to remember the 51 people killed and dozens wounded when a heavily armed gunman opened fire in two mosques on March 15, 2019.