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Post by Admin on Apr 5, 2019 17:35:41 GMT
The white supremacist terrorist who callously shot and killed 50 people in a disgusting attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, was bullied as an overweight child, friends have said. Brenton Tarrant, 28, used semi-automatic weapons to kill defenceless Muslims as they prayed at Al Noor and Linwood mosques on Friday. He live-streamed the 16-minute-long brutal onslaught on Facebook. Fifty people have died and dozens more are being treated in hospital after the shootings - with 12 still in a critical condition. Tarrant grew up in the north-eastern NSW town of Grafton. Many of his childhood friends still living in the area have revealed Tarrant was a loner for most of his life.
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Post by Admin on Apr 6, 2019 17:22:18 GMT
On Friday morning, Judge Mander ordered that two assessments would be carried out to determine the state of the suspect's mental health. The suspect listened intently during the short court hearing. He made no comments. The suspect was able to see the judge and lawyers and hear the proceedings - but the camera was turned away from the public gallery. The judge remanded him in custody, and his next court appearance is now due on 14 June.
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Post by Admin on Apr 7, 2019 19:30:33 GMT
Colonel Slavcho Velkov, who until two weeks ago was the deputy chairman of the Bulgarian Parliament's intelligence and security committee, said there were far-right nationalist groups in Bulgaria, but that Tarrant appeared not to have made contact with them. "The Bulgarian services were asked by the services of Australia and New Zealand to retrieve and provide information regarding his itinerary in Bulgaria and whether he has had any contacts," he said. "And they delivered. His itinerary across the country was located, no contacts were detected." All hotels in Bulgaria are obliged to register the arrival of foreigners in a central database, which enabled security officers to swiftly identify the alleged shooter's movements. The ABC retraced some of the alleged shooter's movements through Europe and visited the guesthouse in Pleven, two hours north of Sofia, where he stayed. The town is most famous for being the site of a major battle during the Russian-Turkish war of 1877 and 1878. The Kachaka Guesthouse, where Tarrant slept during his visit, is in a northern suburb of Pleven. The guesthouse is surrounded by older apartment buildings — some of which are graffitied by swastikas and other Nazi symbols. Tarrant travelled to 11 semi-rural locations in Bulgaria last November, all of which played witness to significant roles in the Ottoman wars more than 140 years ago, before crossing the border into Romania, and then travelling on to Austria. Ten months prior, he had made a 1,500 euro donation to the Identitarian Movement, which as a result is under investigation by Austrian authorities. The Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has announced he intends to try to forcibly dissolve the group.
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Post by Admin on Apr 15, 2019 17:24:02 GMT
Six people appeared in a New Zealand court Monday on charges they illegally redistributed the video a gunman livestreamed as he shot worshippers at two mosques last month. Christchurch District Court Judge Stephen O’Driscoll denied bail to businessman Philip Arps and an 18-year-old suspect who both were taken into custody in March. The four others are not in custody. The charge of supplying or distributing objectionable material carries a penalty of up to 14 years imprisonment. Arps, 44, is scheduled to next appear in court via video link on April 26. The 18-year-old suspect is charged with sharing the livestream video and a still image of the Al Noor mosque with the words “target acquired.” He will reappear in court on July 31 when electronically monitored bail will be considered.
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Post by Admin on Apr 25, 2019 17:38:22 GMT
The Duke of Cambridge has met survivors of the Christchurch mosque attacks, in which 50 people were killed in March. The duke also met some of the officers and medics who were among the first at the scene of the shootings. He got a traditional Maori greeting from New Zealand's PM Jacinda Arden at the start of his two-day tour. Meanwhile, the Duke of Sussex, who will soon become a new father, joined the Duchess of Cambridge at an Anzac Day service at Westminster Abbey. Anzac Day marks the anniversary of the first major military action fought by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps (Anzac) in World War One.
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