![]() ![]() New Zealand’s gun control laws scrutinized She told reporters that none of the people who had been arrested, including Tarrant, had been on any watch lists. She added that he was based in Dunedin, New Zealand at the time of the attack. Tarrant has traveled around the world, “with sporadic periods of time spent in New Zealand,” Ardern said in a press conference. Mark Mitchell/New Zealand Herald/Pool/Reuters New Zealand requires that his face is pixelated. It is filled with anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim sentiments, as well as explanations for an attack.īrenton Tarrant appears in the Christchurch District Court. Its author claims to be a 28-year-old white man, born in Australia. Just before the shootings, a link to an 87-page manifesto on Twitter and 8chan, an online messaging board that has been used by anonymous accounts to share extremist messages and cheer on mass shooters, was posted to an account in Tarrant’s name He was silent during his court appearance and has been remanded in custody to reappear in court on April 5. During his brief appearance, Tarrant was handcuffed and accompanied by three officers armed with tasers. He appeared in Christchurch district court on Saturday. Mass shooting suspect charged with murder in New Zealand (Photo by Tessa BURROWS / AFP) (Photo credit should read TESSA BURROWS/AFP/Getty Images) Tessa BurrowsAFP/Getty Images Attacks on two Christchurch mosques left at least 49 dead on March 15, with one gunman - identified as an Australian extremist - apparently livestreaming the assault that triggered the lockdown of the New Zealand city. ![]() It was then that Wahabzadah said he returned to the mosque to discover the scope of the violence.A police officer secures the area in front of the Masjid al Noor mosque after a shooting incident in Christchurch on March 15, 2019. He said he continued chasing after him but the shooter did a U-turn and raced off. “When he sees me I am chasing with a gun, he sat in his car”, Wahabzadah said. “And I just got the gun and throw it on his window like an arrow and blast his window. He thought probably I shot him or something and then he drive off." Wahabzadah told CNN he ran after the shooter and picked up a discarded weapon of the gunman, which he described as a “shotgun." He threw it at the gunman’s car, shattering his window. Wahabzadah said the shooter then dropped his weapon and ran back to his car. Wahabzadah said he thought the shooter went to get more weapons from his car. Wahabzadah’s four children were inside the mosque. “I was screaming at the guy, ‘Come here, I’m here’," Wahabzadah told CNN. "I just want him to put more focus on me than go inside the masjid (“mosque”). But unfortunately, he got himself to the masjid.” He threw the credit card reader at the suspect while shouting at him in an attempt to distract the shooter away from the mosque. Wahabzadah grabbed a credit card reader and ran outside the building. (AP/Mark Baker)Ībdul Aziz Wahabzadah says he was inside Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, when a gunman opened fire. Multiple people were killed during shootings at two mosques full of people attending Friday prayers. Police stand outside a mosque in Linwood in Christchurch, New Zealand, on March 15. ![]()
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