I believe the attacker has been reported as saying he was carrying out a terror attack/it was an act of terrorism. A possible lack of clarity on this is because news outlets are trying not to report on his statement because (one assumes) it's so horrible - which makes it difficult to confirm his own views.
White fascist Australian Senator Fraser Anning quotes Bible, blames "increasing Muslim presence" in "their community" for the massacre of Muslim worshipers in
The man who tried to stop the Australian terrorist from killing other fellow muslims in New Zealand mosque has been identified as Pakistani-origin Naeem Rashid from Abottabad.
Naeem has also lost his son Talha Naeem in Christchurch TERRORIST attack...