QATAR | Page 16 SPORT | Page 8 Al Arabi squander lead, go down New traffi c signage system to make to Al Gharafa driving safer, easier published in QATAR since 1978 SATURDAY Vol. XXXX No. 11124 March 16, 2019 Rajab 9, 1440 AH GULF TIMES www. gulf-times.com 2 Riyals 49 massacred in terror attacks on NZ mosques An injured person is loaded into an ambulance following a shooting at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. Members of a family react outside the mosque following a shooting at the Al Noor Mosque in Christchurch. World reacts with sadness and anger Amir condemns attacks AFP A 28-year-old Australian-born Speaking in Sydney, Australian “I heard three quick shots, then af- Christchurch, New Zealand man has been arrested and charged Prime Minister Scott Morrison de- ter about 10 seconds it started again. is Highness the Amir Sheikh attack, wishing a speedy recovery for with murder. scribed the gunman as “an extremist, It must have been an automatic — no Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani the injured. He is set to appear at the Christch- right-wing, violent terrorist”. one could pull a trigger that quick,” Hsent yesterday a cable of HE the Prime Minister and Min- “right-wing extremist” armed urch District Court early today. His two targets were the Masjid the man who did not wish to be condolences to New Zealand’s Gov- ister of Interior Sheikh Abdullah bin with semi-automatic weap- Two other men remain in custody, Al Noor, where 41 people died, and a named, said. ernor-General Patsy Reddy, express- Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani sent a A ons rampaged through two although their link to the attack is un- second, smaller mosque in the suburb “Then people started running out. ing his strong condemnation and similar cable to Prime Minister Jacin- mosques in the quiet New Zealand known. of Linwood, where seven more died. Some were covered in blood,” he said. denunciation of the terrorist attack da Ardern. city of Christchurch during afternoon The chief suspect allegedly pub- The remaining victim succumbed New Zealand police described the which took place at two mosques in Meanwhile, Qatar has condemned prayers yesterday, killing 49 worship- lished a racist “manifesto” on social in hospital. footage shot by the gunman as “ex- Christchurch, New Zealand. in the strongest terms the terror- pers and wounding dozens more. media before the attack, featuring The dead were said to include tremely distressing” and warned web In the cable, the Amir stressed ist and brutal attack on mosques in The attack, thought to be the dead- conspiracy theories about Europeans women and children. users that they could be liable for up Qatar’s fi rm stance on rejecting ter- New Zealand that has killed dozens liest against Muslims in the West being displaced, and details of two Around 48 people were treated for to 10 years in jail for sharing such “ob- rorism and extremism, regardless of of people. in modern times, was immediately years of preparation and radicalisa- gunshot wounds at Christchurch Hos- jectionable content”. motives and reasons. In a statement yesterday, the Min- dubbed terrorism by Prime Minister tion leading up to the shootings. pital, including young children, with In addition to the footage — which He expressed condolences to the istry of Foreign Aff airs reiterated Qa- Jacinda Ardern, as she led a shocked “It is clear that this can now only be injuries ranging from critical to minor. AFP has verifi ed, but is not distribut- innocent victims, wishing a speedy tar’s fi rm stance on rejecting violence nation on one of its “darkest days.” described as a terrorist attack,” said The survivors included 17 members ing — a number of pictures were post- recovery for the injured. and terrorism, regardless of motives The attacker live-streamed footage Ardern. “From what we know, it does of Bangladesh’s cricket team, whose ed to a social media account showing His Highness the Deputy Amir and reasons. of himself going room-to-room, vic- appear to have been well planned.” game against New Zealand today has a semi-automatic weapon covered in Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad al-Tha- The statement stressed the total tim-to-victim, shooting the wound- Two IEDs (improvised explosive been postponed, and a Palestinian the names of historical fi gures, many ni also sent a cable of condolences to refusal of Qatar to target places of ed from close range as they struggled devices) were found in a car and neu- man who fl ed for his life after seeing of whom were involved in the killing the Governor-General of New Zea- worship and terrorise peaceful peo- to crawl away. tralised by the military, police said. someone being shot in the head. of Muslims. To Page 7 land on the victims of the terrorist ple. - QNA Qatar receives 1st batch of Apache FIFA backs 48-team QatarWorld Cup 2022 QNA Arizona,USA AFP Infantino, who also confi rmed a new Miami Club World Cup with 24 teams will atar has received the fi rst begin in 2021 to replace the Confed- batch of Apache-QA dur- erations Cup, told a press conference: Qing a ceremony held at the IFA moved a step closer yesterday “You have in front of you a happy FIFA Boeing Defense Systems headquar- to expanding the 2022 World Cup president. ters in Arizona, US, in presence of Fin Qatar to 48 teams and hopes to “I am always happy but especially HE the Deputy Prime Minister and confi rm the plans in June if a suitable today because we have taken some im- Minister of State for Defence Aff airs co-host can be found. portant decisions. Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah. An internal feasibility study sup- “We came to conclusion, yes it’s fea- This batch comes as part of a deal porting the expansion, which is being sible to move from 32 to 48 teams at the signed by the Qatar Armed Forces to strongly pushed by President Gianni World Cup provided certain conditions acquire the latest - sixth generation Infantino, was given full backing by the are met. - of the fi ghter aircraft. FIFA council in Miami. “Since we decided in January 2017 Precise combat characteristics A fi nal decision will now be taken that we should increase teams in 2026, and technological specifi cations in Paris on June 6 after FIFA and Qa- and following a request from the 10 have been added to the Qatari ver- tar jointly submit the names of poten- South American associations whether sion, giving it the lead in the air. HE the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of State for Defence Aff airs Dr Khalid bin Mohamed al-Attiyah with Qatari off icials at tial co-host nations to the governing it is feasible to do this for 2022.” To Page 2 the ceremony for the delivery of the first batch of Apache aircraft. body’s Congress. To Page 2 Gulf Times 2 Saturday, March 16, 2019 QATAR Blockade-hit Qatar, US sign MoU on student voices her suffering co-operation in labour at UNHRC QNA to politicise education and to QNA Geneva abuse the rights of students New York registered in it. She also issued a message A Qatari student who used to to UAE off icials saying that atar and the US have study in the UAE discussed the it was good to open the signed a memorandum of extent of her suff ering after Sorbonne University and Qunderstanding (MoU) for she was expelled arbitrarily the Louvre Museum in Abu technical co-operation and sup- from the Sorbonne University Dhabi, but stressed that port of the ongoing labour reform Abu Dhabi following the what would be even better programme in Qatar, especially in blockade imposed on Qatar in is to bring home the civilised the areas of labour inspection and June 2017. values that these institutions the domestic employment law. Jawaher al-Meer told hold. HE the Minister of Admin- attendees of one of the Before her speech, al-Meer istrative Development, Labour meetings of the 40th session met with off icials from and Social Aff airs Yousef bin of the Human Rights Council the Off ice of the High Mohamed al-Othman Fakhro in Geneva that she travelled Commissioner for Human and US Secretary of Labour Al- to Doha on vacation after Rights to present her exander Acosta signed the MoU finishing her exams, and was complaint against the UAE during their meeting in New struck by the decisions of the and the Sorbonne University York, to discuss areas of common blockading countries. after she was arbitrarily interest and ways to strengthen HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social She added that she tried expelled. and develop them and share Aff airs Yousef bin Mohamed al-Othman Fakhro and US Secretary of HE the Minister of Administrative Development, Labour and Social to communicate with the There were more than 200 information to protect workers. Labour Alexander Acosta pose as they sign an MoU on Aff airs Yousef bin Mohamed al-Othman Fakhro holds talks with US university’s administration to Qatari students that attended The minister hailed the per- co-operation in labour reforms. ambassador-at-large John Cotton Richmond. enquire about her ability to universities in the UAE, Saudi manent partnership with the US resume her studies. She added Arabia, and Bahrain. They to strengthen capacities and co- fi eld of knowledge transfer and the US ambassador-at-Large to of the US State Department in November 2017, Qatar signed a that all she got was an e-mail were all prevented from operate closely on important is- training on best practices.