New Zealand mosque gunman unmoved as survivors recount ordeal

The white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosques shooting showed no emotion Monday as distraught survivors confronted him in court with harrowing accounts of the atrocity.

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Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his first day in court in Christchurch on August 24, 2020. Tarrant, who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosques shooting showed no emotion as his sentencing hearing opened August 24, with horrific details of an atrocity prosecutors said was meticulously planned to inflict maximum casualties. JOHN KIRK-ANDERSON / POOL / AFP

2020-08-24 12:02:28

The white supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in last year's New Zealand mosques shooting showed no emotion Monday as distraught survivors confronted him in court with harrowing accounts of the atrocity.

At the opening of the sentencing hearing in a Christchurch courtroom, prosecutors revealed chilling details of a meticulously planned attack in which Brenton Tarrant wanted "to have shot more people than he did".

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