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Brenton Harrison Tarrant
Born
Brenton Harrison Tarrant

(1990-10-27) October 27, 1990 (age 33)
Grafton, New South Wales, Australia
OccupationPersonal trainer
Motive
Criminal charge51 counts of murder
40 counts of attempted murder
One count of engaging in a terrorist act
PenaltyLife imprisonment
Details
Weapons
Date apprehended
March 15, 2019 (2019-03-15)

Brenton Harrison Tarrant (born 27 October 1990), a white Australian man. He grew up in Grafton, New South Wales, where he attended Grafton High School. [4]After Tarrant's parents separated when he was young, his mother's subsequent boyfriend abused her and the children. He worked as a personal trainer in his hometown from 2009 to 2011, quitting after an injury; in that time, he inherited A$457,000 from his father, who committed suicide in 2010. In 2015, he took a trip to Ukraine and came into contact with right-wing groups.

Tarrant had been living in Andersons Bay in Dunedin since 2017. [4]He was a member of a South Otago gun club, where he practised shooting at its range. A neighbour described him as a friendly loner. In 2018, Tarrant was treated for eye and thigh injuries at Dunedin Hospital; he told doctors he had sustained the injuries while trying to dislodge an improperly chambered bullet from a gun. The doctors also treated him for steroid abuse, but never reported Tarrant's visit to the authorities, which would have resulted in police reassessing his fitness to hold a gun licence. On 15 March 2019 attended in the Christchurch mosque shootings where he killed 51 people and got a life time sentence.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Welby, Peter (16 March 2019). "Ranting 'manifesto' exposes the mixed-up mind of a terrorist". Arab News. Archived from the original on 17 March 2019. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
  2. ^ Perrigo, Billy (20 March 2019). "The New Zealand Attack Exposed How White Supremacy Has Long Flourished Online". Time. Archived from the original on 21 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  3. ^ Achenbach, Joel (18 August 2019). "Two mass killings a world apart share a common theme: 'ecofascism'". The Washington Post.
  4. ^ a b Hummel, Kristina (2019-07-18). "The Christchurch Attacks: Livestream Terror in the Viral Video Age". Combating Terrorism Center at West Point. Retrieved 2024-06-17.