Christchurch shooter convicted: unprecedented verdict

29 August 2020, 07:47 | Incidents 
фото с УРА-Информ

Brenton Tarrant pleaded guilty to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and a terrorist attack in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. A man broadcast the shooting live on social networks using a camera he installed on his clothes.

Writes about this URA-Inform with reference to AP.

The judge called the act of the 29-year-old Australian "

Attacks on Al Noor Mosque and Islamic Center in Linwood killed 51 people and injured 40. It was the bloodiest mass shootout in New Zealand history. Less than a month after the shooting, the New Zealand Parliament imposed a ban on the sale of semi-automatic weapons, that is, the one used by Tarrant.

After being stopped by the police, Tarrant confessed that he wanted to kill as many people as possible.. For several years he has been in contact with extreme right-wing circles and did not hide his anti-Muslim views..

Источник: УРА-Информ