A Dubai company fires staff for celebrating Christchurch attack on Facebook

Dubai company Transguard fired a staff and deported after he was found putting up a celebratory Facebook post about the New Zealand’s Christchurch mosques attack in which 49 people were killed on March 15.

The company said to hae zero-tolerance for such inappropriate use of social media. Its managing director Greg Ward said, “As a result this individual was immediately terminated and turned over to the authorities to face justice.”

However, no details of the employee’s identity or his alleged comments have been disclosed.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced ban on all types of military-style semi-automatic weapons, high-capacity magazines and assault riffles.

She said, “Every semi-automatic weapon used in the terror attack on Friday will be banned… This legislation will be drafted and introduced in urgency.”

Two mosques in New Zealand’s Christchurch were attacked on March 15 killing 49 worshipers. The gunmen opened fire using rifles covered in white-supremacist graffiti.

One of the gunmen even livestreamed the massacre on social media. The video was immediately removed from all platforms following alert by New Zealand police.

Following the attacks helicopters with armed police circled the area. Schools and shops closed their doors while buses and Uber cars were pulled off the streets. Security lockdown closed large parts of Christchurch.

City Mayor Lianne Dalziel said she was shocked beyond words by the two mosques attacks.