Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan has aired extracts of video from the Christchurch terror attacks at an election rally over the weekend.

As large crowds gathered to hear Erdogan speak, partially blurred out images of what appeared to be portions of Australian man Brenton Tarrant’s “manifesto” appeared on a nearby big screen.

As Erdogan supporters raised their mobile phones to film the alleged terrorist propaganda the vision shifted to that of a man holding a rifle, with the sound of rapid gunfire echoing in the air.

The identities of some of the 50 people killed in the Christchurch attack are starting to emerge.

About 1.40pm on Friday Tarrant allegedly stormed Masjid Al Noor and Linwood Masjid, and opened fire killing 50 people and injuring another 50.

The bodies of those killed in New Zealand's worst shooting massacre will soon be returned to their grieving families for burial. The victims were aged from three to 77. Just nine minutes before opening fire, Tarrant sent a 74-page “manifesto” to dozens of individuals, including the office of New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Tarrant reportedly used the “manifesto” to describe himself as a white supremacist who was out to avenge attacks in Europe perpetrated by Muslims.

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Turkish authorities, along with Bulgaria and Croatia, have confirmed Tarrant, 28, had been to their countries in 2016-2018. Hungarian counterterrorism authorities also suggested Tarrant had visited but revealed no other information, and local media in Bosnia reported a 2017 trip there.



During his unprecedented, live-streamed shooting spree Friday in Christchurch, Tarrant exposed his apparent fascination with the religious conflicts in Europe and the Balkans – a volatile region that has been the site of some of Europe's most violent clashes.

Erdogan told the crowd Tarrant had visited Turkey twice and had warned that Turks have no place in Europe, according to Global News Canada.

He claimed Tarrant had “targeted our country, our nation and myself” and said countries around the world had to stand against the rise of Islamophobia.

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“We do not want to see a cross and crescent conflict again,” the news outlet claims Erdogan told the rally in reference to the conflict between Christians and Muslims.

“The wicked person who martyred (50) brothers and sisters is saying that we can stay on the Anatolian side, we cannot pass to the European side. Who do you think you are?”

Politicians in Pakistan and India have also expressed their grief, and shared messages of support to families who may have lost their loved ones.

With wires