CHRISTCHURCH - Australian Brenton Tarrant will appear in court in New Zealand on Friday, where the suspected white supremacist faces more charges after his arrest for mass shootings at two mosques last month that killed 50 worshippers and wounded dozens.
Tarrant has been moved to New Zealand’s only maximum-security prison in Auckland and will appear at the Christchurch High Court through a video link at 10 a.m. . Friday’s appearance will largely be procedural and Tarrant will not be required to enter a plea, a High Court judge said in court minutes this week. A section of the courtroom has been reserved for victims’ families and survivors of the attacks.
Although journalists may attend and take notes, media coverage will be restricted. Judge Cameron Mander said media could only publish pixellated images of Tarrant that obscure his face.The massacre, which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern labeled terrorism, was New Zealand’s worst peacetime mass killing.
Thousands of visitors to the reopened Al Noor mosque, where 42 people were killed, have offered condolences and sought to learn more about Islam, said Israfil Hossain, who recites the daily call to prayer there.
'Suspect'? Are you serious? He's a damn terrorist, a murderer!
New Zealand is such a wonderful country. Setting great examples for decency, morality and unity.
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