The attack was linked to an increase in white supremacy and alt-right extremism globally observed since about 2015. In March 2020, he pleaded guilty to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders, and engaging in a terrorist act, and in August was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole – the first such sentence in New Zealand. He had live-streamed the first shooting on Facebook, and prior to the attack, had published an online manifesto both the video and manifesto were subsequently banned in New Zealand and Australia. He was described in media reports as a white supremacist and part of the alt-right. īrenton Harrison Tarrant, a 28-year-old man from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, was arrested shortly afterward. The attack, carried out by a single gunman who entered both mosques, began at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of Riccarton at 1:40 pm and continued at the Linwood Islamic Centre at 1:52 pm. Two consecutive mass shootings occurred at mosques in a terrorist attack in Christchurch during Friday Prayer on 15 March 2019. Pleaded guilty to all charges sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole
223-caliber Mossberg Predator bolt-action rifle 12-gauge Ranger 870 pump-action shotgun.
12-gauge Mossberg 930 semiautomatic shotgun.Mass shooting, terrorist attack, shooting spree, mass murder, hate crime
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