Police could have arrested alleged Christchurch gunman minutes earlier

REVEALED: Police could have arrested alleged Christchurch gunman minutes earlier and saved eight lives if not for a chance run-in with a BUS - as the exact 'timeline of terror' is released A bus passed at the exact moment Australian Brenton Tarrant allegedly drove away from the Al-Noor mosque  Officers were unaware the suspect was just metres away and leaving the scene to continue the attack   White supremacist Tarrant slipped away and allegedly drove across town to the Linwood mosque There he allegedly slaughtered eight more Muslims, bringing the death toll of the March 15 attack to 50 

By Charlie Moore For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 03:39 BST, 17 April 2019 | Updated: 03:53 BST, 17 April 2019

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New Zealand Police missed a chance to arrest the alleged Christchurch terrorist before he attacked the second mosque, a new timeline of the atrocity reveals.

A bus passed at the exact moment Australian Brenton Tarrant allegedly drove away from the Al-Noor mosque, blocking officers' view of him as they arrived on scene.

The officers, unaware the suspect was just metres away and leaving the scene to continue the attack, rushed to help horrifically wounded victims outside the mosque. 

White supremacist Tarrant slipped away and drove across town to the Linwood mosque where he allegedly slaughtered eight more Muslims, bringing the death toll of the March 15 terror attack to 50. 

A new police timeline, released on Wednesday, shows what happened in the 18 minutes of chaos between police receiving a call and making an arrest.   

New Zealand Police missed a chance to arrest the alleged Christchurch terrorist before he attacked a second mosque, a new timeline of the attack reveals

New Zealand Police missed a chance to arrest the alleged Christchurch terrorist before he attacked a second mosque, a new timeline of the attack reveals

At 13.40 an email which has the manifesto as an attachment is received by a range of people including Parliamentary Services. 

At 13.40.44 Parliamentary Services calls police in a conversation about the manifesto that lasted for 12 minutes.

While police staff were talking to Parliamentary Services, the attack at Al Noor Mosque was already under way, having begun 44 seconds prior to Parliamentary Services calling.

One minute later at 13.41 Police receive the first 111 call.

By 13.43 all available units are en-route to Al Noor Mosque.

Armed Offenders Squad members are the first to arrive near the scene at 13.46. 

They exit their vehicle, start approaching the mosque and one member

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