Christchurch terror attack - Police working relentlessly to complete formal identifications

Statement attributable to Commissioner Mike Bush

Today as part of my regular updates I want to talk to the process of returning the victim's bodies to their loved ones.

Specifically I want to talk about the process of identifying and returning victims' bodies to their loved ones.

Firstly I expect to be able to return the majority of the bodies to the families by this evening.

As of last night 21 victims have been identified and are available for release to their families. We expect 27 to have been identified by midday

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