Following the echo of the brutal murder of dozens of Muslim worshipers in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, some voices denounced the culture of violence prevailing in the archery club that the bomber had used in the past.


In their article, published by the New Zealand news website Stav News, reporters Sam Sherwood and Blair Ensor discussed the testimony of a former New Zealand soldier about the general atmosphere of the Shooting Club, which hosted the training of Brenton Tarant on the use of weapons.

According to the writer, one of the former soldiers visited the shooting club and expressed concern about the culture of violence among his visitors, not to mention to the police about this imminent danger.

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The bomber, who killed 50 people, grew up in Dunedin, southern New Zealand, and was a member of the Bruce Rival Shooting Club in Milburn, north of New Zealand's Milton.

The 28-year-old killer received his license to use a firearm in November 2017 and began buying weapons during the following month.

The two former members of the New Zealand Defense Force, the Bredal House, who had previously visited the shooting club on three different occasions, the last of which was the year 2017,

During his visits, the club members were found to be talking about mass killings, the end of the world and the appearance of dead marchers, as well as the Port Arthur massacre, Martin Bryant.

Bredal expressed his concern about the atmosphere and spirit of the club, which is in the midst of violence and is an ideal environment for raising the perpetrators of mass killings. Accordingly, an official complaint was lodged with the police at that time.

"About 49 New Zealand citizens have been killed (the official toll has risen to fifty) and I am very sad that this could have been prevented," Bridal said.

Shooting club officials say they will carry out a review of the culture rampant between the walls in the light of this terrorist operation, but they denied that this culture led to a deadly upbringing.

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The writer of the article referred to the statement of Bridal, long-range shooting instructor and owner of a fishing company and expressed his "deep sadness" at the terrorist attack.

As for his visits to the Shooting Club, Bredal reported that the first two visits were to test and verify a weapon, while his last visit in November focused on military firing.

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"The talks I had with the club's fans were unbelievably terrifying," he said, "I left the club quickly." The place was heavy with the feelings of its critics of the shortage they were compensating for the possession and use of semi-automatic firearms.

What he witnessed was that he paid a formal complaint to the policeman in charge of weapons at the Dunedin police station.

"The police told me they knew what was going on at the club, that its members were just a bunch of stupid old people and that they were acting on their own inside the club and there was nothing to worry about," the complainant said.

Bruce Williams, vice president of the Bruce Reeval club, said he had denied Bridal's allegations at the time but said the club would review his culture. "Any talk about the dead will not be more than a joke, and the people involved in these talks are likely to watch the TV series of dead people," Williams said. "We certainly do not contribute to the development of any perpetrators of mass murder."

Williams said the club members were "shocked and stunned" when they heard the news of Tarant's arrest in connection with the terrorist attack on Friday. Based on his belief that there were no warning signs before the crimes were committed, Williams said everyone in the club was very sad.

However, an official spokeswoman for the New Zealand Police reported that preliminary investigations did not show any records relating to the complaint lodged by Bredal and that the police would continue to consider the other allegations.