'Poisoned' New Zealand mosque gunman's road to extremism

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There were no obvious warning signs when the Christchurch mosques gunman moved to New Zealand from Australia in 2017 -- he had no criminal history ...

"He intended to instil fear into those he described as 'invaders', including the Muslim population or more generally non-European immigrants," prosecutor Barnaby Hawes told a sentencing hearing at Christchurch High Court this week.

He was also apparently hit hard when his father died of cancer in 2010 at the age of just 49 - but there was nothing that remotely explained the searing hatred behind Tarrant's crimes.In a rambling"manifesto" posted before the massacre, Tarrant talked of being radicalised during trips to Europe and Asia, apparently financed by an inheritance that meant he did not have to work.

Prosecutor Mark Zarifeh quoted from an interview prison authorities conducted with Tarrant in April, when he described his state of mind at the time of the attacks."He felt ostracised by society and wanted to damage society as an act of revenge."Minutes before the massacre, Tarrant sent a message to the now-defunct extremist website 8Chan saying it was"time to make a real-life effort post".

 

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