An Australian senator has provoked outrage after blaming Islamic immigration for the New Zealand mosque shooting, which killed 49 people.

Controversial MP Fraser Anning released a statement in which he said he was ‘utterly opposed to any violence.’

But he then launched into a string of disgusting vitriol in which he claimed ‘the real cause of bloodshed’ was the ‘increasing Muslim presence.’

Senator Fraser Anning was kicked out of his party for his extremist views

The Queensland senator, who has been kicked out of the Katter’s Australian Party, sparked a deluge of disgust online.


Piers Morgan tweeted: ‘Are you f*cking kidding me???? This guy is an Australian senator? Shame on you @fraser_anning. I hope your fellow Australians respond to this disgusting statement with the same blind fury I am feeling.’



Another Twitter user said: ‘Fraser Anning is a bad person in his heart. Just a nasty, ugly waste of human life.’

A third person added: ‘You are an embarrassment to humanity.’

And a fourth: ‘White supremacy (your ideology) killed these people. Shut the f*** up and have some respect.’

Home Secretary Sajid Javid added: ‘At a time for grieving and reflection, this Australian senator @fraser_anning fans the flames of violence & extremism. Australians will be utterly ashamed of this racist man. In no way does he represent our Australian friends.’

Anning released his statement just hours after white supremacists stormed two mosques in the city of Christchurch, killing 49 people and seriously wounding more than 20.

One of the alleged gunmen, Brenton Tarrant, is an Australian right-winger with anti-immigrant views who filmed himself firing indiscriminately at the Al Noor Mosque.

Some 49 people have been confirmed dead in the atrocity (Picture: Reuters)

Senator Fraser Anning’s disgusting statement following Christchurch terror attack (Picture: Senator Fraser Anning)

Before the terror attacks, the 28-year-old posted a racist diatribe online, saying he was in New Zealand to carry out an attack which was to ‘avenge thousands of deaths caused by foreign invaders.’

Four people are currently in custody for the New Zealand shootings in what has been described as ‘an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence’.

In August, Anning told Parliament that he wanted a ‘final solution’ to Muslim immigration, calling for a plebiscite asking voters whether they want to end all immigration by Muslims and non-English speaking people ‘from the third world’.

Anning’s statement today began by saying that violence could never be justified.

One of the alleged gunmen, Brenton Tarrant, posted a video online before the shootings

But he went on to state: ‘What it highlights is the growing fear within our community, both in Australia and New Zealand, of the increasing Muslim presence.

‘As always, left-wing politicians and the media will rush to claim that the causes of today’s shootings lie with gun laws or those who hold nationalist views but this is all clichéd nonsense.

‘The real cause of bloodshed on New Zealand streets today is the immigration program which allowed Muslim fanatics to migrate to New Zealand in the first place.’

Anning then went on to quote the bible and condemned the Islam faith as a ‘violent religion’ declaring that ‘they were usually the perpetrators.’

Many Australians said Anning was not fit to be in office while holding such views.



He was elected to the Senate in November 2017 after a recount was triggered by the removal of Senator Malcolm Roberts, who was deemed ineligible because he held British citizenship.

He chose not to join the far-right One Nation Party instead becoming an independent.

Anning later joined the Katter’s Australian Party but was kicked out after his ‘final solution’ speech and inflammatory views on immigration.