<p class="title">Facebook said Friday it had "quickly" removed a live video from the suspected gunman in twin mosque shootings that killed at least 49 people in New Zealand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 28-year-old shooter, who has been arrested, published a racist manifesto on Twitter before live streaming his rampage showing him repeatedly shooting at worshipers from close range.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the live stream commenced and we quickly removed both the shooter's Facebook and Instagram accounts and the video," the social network said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We're also removing any praise or support for the crime and the shooter or shooters as soon as we're aware."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Facebook Live video, taken with a camera that appeared to be mounted on the gunman's body, shows a clean-shaven, Caucasian man with short hair driving to the Masjid al Noor mosque in central Christchurch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He enters the building and fires repeatedly at worshipers as he moves from room to room.</p>.<p class="bodytext">AFP determined the video was genuine through a digital investigation that included matching screenshots of the mosque taken from the gunman's footage with images available online showing the same areas.</p>
<p class="title">Facebook said Friday it had "quickly" removed a live video from the suspected gunman in twin mosque shootings that killed at least 49 people in New Zealand.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The 28-year-old shooter, who has been arrested, published a racist manifesto on Twitter before live streaming his rampage showing him repeatedly shooting at worshipers from close range.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"Police alerted us to a video on Facebook shortly after the live stream commenced and we quickly removed both the shooter's Facebook and Instagram accounts and the video," the social network said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"We're also removing any praise or support for the crime and the shooter or shooters as soon as we're aware."</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Facebook Live video, taken with a camera that appeared to be mounted on the gunman's body, shows a clean-shaven, Caucasian man with short hair driving to the Masjid al Noor mosque in central Christchurch.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He enters the building and fires repeatedly at worshipers as he moves from room to room.</p>.<p class="bodytext">AFP determined the video was genuine through a digital investigation that included matching screenshots of the mosque taken from the gunman's footage with images available online showing the same areas.</p>