Tarrant, an Australian national, stormed the mosques armed with military-style semi-automatics, indiscriminately shooting at Muslims gathered for Friday prayers and live-streaming the killings using a head-mounted camera. The Christchurch mosque attacks were live-streamed on the internet by a man posting online under the name Brenton. Ellis in an emailed response on Tuesday told Reuters he does not represent Tarrant anymore. Police officers stand guard near the scene of the deadly shooting in New Zealand. In November 2021, Tarrant’s then-lawyer, Tony Ellis, said Tarrant was considering appealing the verdict, adding his guilty plea was obtained under duress. It was the first time a New Zealand court had sentenced a person to prison for the rest of their life. No hearing date has been set at this stage, Chris Abraham, a spokesperson for the Court of Appeal, told Reuters.īrenton Tarrant was sentenced in 2020 to jail for life without parole for the murder of 51 people and attempted murder of 40 others at two mosques in Christchurch, the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand. Facebook restricts Live feature, citing New Zealand shooting By Reuters Staff 3 Min Read SAN FRANCISCO, May 14 (Reuters) - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday it was tightening rules around. A white supremacist who killed 51 Muslim worshippers at mosques in Christchurch in March 2019, the worst mass shooting in New Zealand’s history, has filed an appeal against his life sentence, a court spokesperson said on Tuesday.
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