The attacks were livestreamed by the shooter on Facebook, which showed the shooter entering a mosque while shooting a shotgun, before switching to an assault rifle and shooting people inside. That day, shootings took place at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand. The post was accompanied by an illustration of an Australian Shitposter and links to his manifesto.

“Every one of us was so powerful in delivering our statements.On March 15th, 2019, a post was submitted to 8chan's /pol/ board announcing a planned attack that would be livestreamed on New Zealand resident Brenton Tarrant's Facebook page (shown below). “It was very empowering,” said Aya Al-Umari, who spoke about the death of her brother, Hussein.

A few spoke softly to Tarrant, saying they forgave him. Some sung verses from the Quran or addressed him in Arabic. Others called him a monster, a coward, a rat. Some chose to yell at the gunman and give him the finger. As the hearing went on, the speakers became more emboldened and the numbers who signed up to speak swelled. The sentencing hearing gave survivors and family members a chance to confront the gunman. He didn’t show the brazenness he did at his first court appearance the day after the attacks, when he made a hand gesture sometimes adopted by white supremacists. He was noticeably thinner than when he was first arrested. He watched the speakers, occasionally giving a small nod or covering his mouth as he laughed at jokes, often made at his expense. Your victims include the young and the old, men, women and children.”ĭressed in a gray prison tracksuit, Tarrant showed little emotion during his four-day sentencing. You maimed, wounded and crippled many others. “You slaughtered unarmed and defenseless people. “You committed mass murder,” the judge said. On the day of the attacks, he drove to the mosques with six guns, including two AR-15s. Tarrant flew a drone over the Al Noor mosque and researched the layout, according to prosecutors.

“It appears that while traveling in Europe you developed deep-seated radical views regarding the migrant population of some Western countries,” the judge said. Tarrant arrived in New Zealand in 2017, never sought work, and began planning for his attack by stockpiling high-powered weapons and joining shooting clubs, the judge said. Mander said Tarrant had shown no empathy toward his victims and remained detached and self-centered. The judge said Tarrant recently told a psychiatrist that he now rejects his extremist views and considers his attacks “abhorrent and irrational.”īut Mander said he was skeptical Tarrant had abandoned his ideology, especially considering that the gunman told police after the attacks he wished he’d killed more people. A standby lawyer appointed by the court told the judge that Tarrant did not oppose the maximum sentence. He fired his lawyers and told the judge he didn’t wish to speak at his sentencing.

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