Christchurch: Sentencing hearing begins for mosque shooter vaticannews.va
A sentencing hearing has begun in New Zealand for Brenton Tarrant, the Australian man who killed 51 people and injured 40 more in attacks on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand in March 2019.
29 year-old Tarrant has plead guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 attempted murders and one charge of terrorism. He attacked two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March, 2019, and had plans to target a third. This is the first registered terrorism attack in New Zealand…
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