China News Service, August 27. According to foreign media reports, on the afternoon of the 27th local time, New Zealand mosque shooting gunman Brenton Tarrant was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole and will spend the rest of his life in prison.
On March 15, 2019, gunmen opened fire at two mosques in Christchurch, killing 51 people. Before the attack, he wrote extremist remarks on social media and briefly broadcast the shooting process that followed.
On March 16, 2019 local time, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Brenton Tarrant, the suspect accused of participating in the Christchurch mosque shooting, appeared in a local court and was tried. Charged with murder.
According to reports, Brenton Tarrant was charged with 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of intent to murder, and one count of violating the Anti-Terrorism Act. Earlier in 2020, he had pleaded guilty to the Christchurch High Court.
On August 24, the hearing on the shooting started and lasted for 4 days. In the first three days of the hearing, more than 90 victims provided statements, and the gunman remained expressionless most of the time.