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In this photo made from video and provided by the New Zealand Court of Appeal, February 9, 2026, Brenton Tarrant appears before the court by video from Auckland Prison in Auckland. (New Zealand Court of Appeal via AP)
February 9, 2026, 9:55 am
New Zealand mosque shooter seeks to nix guilty plea, says prison made him irrational
Aiming for retrial, Brenton Tarrant claims harsh jail conditions led him to admit to killing 51 people in 2019 attack; crown lawyers say no evidence of mental illness at the time
By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during the post-Cabinet press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, March 7, 2022 (Mark Mitchell/Pool Photo via AP)
April 4, 2023, 3:47 pm
Ardern to begin new role combating online extremism as envoy for Christchurch Call
Ex-premier of New Zealand declines to accept pay for working to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist internet content; will also join Prince William’s environmental charity
By Nick Perry
A television cameraman works near a tribute to the victims of a mass shooting at a gay nightclub painted on the side of a downtown commercial building Nov. 23, 2022, in Colorado Springs, Colo. (AP/David Zalubowski)
February 23, 2023, 4:51 am
Colorado LGBTQ club shooting suspect ran neo-Nazi website, officer tells court
Anderson Lee Aldrich hosted site that included training video on attacking synagogues, used anti-gay slurs online, detective says at hearing on possible hate crime charges
By COLLEEN SLEVIN
A police officer stands guard in front of the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, , March 17, 2019. (Vincent Yu/AP)
March 4, 2021, 11:21 am
New Zealand arrests 2 over threats against mosques on anniversary of attacks
Police say no charges filed yet, provide no further details about suspects
By AFP
Two women light candles among others and flowers next to the entrance of the synagogue in Munich, during a protest against anti-Semitism on October 11, 2019 two days after a deadly shooting outside a synagogue in Halle. (Photo by Christof STACHE / AFP)
February 3, 2021, 10:23 am
Austrian rapper arrested for neo-Nazi songs tied to Halle synagogue shooting
Suspect who went by pseudonym Mr Bond held for allegedly broadcasting Nazi ideas, including track played by gunman in livestream of anti-Semitic attack that killed 2 in Germany
By AFP
A police officer stands guard in front of the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 17, 2019. (Vincent Yu/AP)
December 8, 2020, 10:36 am
Report sheds light on New Zealand complacency ahead of mosque shooting
Investigation finds fault with vetting system for gun licenses, excessive focus on Islamism at expense of white supremacist threat – but says were no clear signs of imminent attack
By Nick Perry
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern gestures as she gives her victory speech to Labour Party members at an event in Auckland, New Zealand, October 17, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
October 17, 2020, 12:25 pm
New Zealand’s COVID-beating Ardern elected to 2nd term in landslide win
PMs popularity soared after she led effort to stamp out coronavirus — there’s currently no community spread and people therefore not required to wear masks or social distance
By Nick Perry
Mosque shooting survivors from left, Mustafa Boztas, Wassail Daragmih and Temel Atacocugu celebrate as they leave the Christchurch High Court after the sentencing hearing for Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
August 27, 2020, 7:43 am
New Zealand mosque gunman sentenced to life in prison
‘Your actions were inhuman,’ judge tells Brenton Tarrant, who for the first time in country’s history is handed a life sentence without parole for killing 51 in Christchurch attack
By Nick Perry
Sara Qasem gives her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing for Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant at the Christchurch High Court after Tarrant pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 26, 2020. (John Kirk-Anderson/Pool Photo via AP)
August 26, 2020, 1:16 pm
NZ gunman to stay silent at sentencing after families bring court to tears
Daughter of Palestinian man killed in Christchurch mosque attack says she wishes she could’ve been there to hold his hand; others forgive killer, while some flip him off
By Nick Perry
Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 29, stands in the dock at the Christchurch High Court for sentencing, after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder, and one count of terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand on August 24, 2020. (John Kirk-Anderson/Pool Photo via AP)
August 24, 2020, 7:51 pm
Families confront New Zealand mosque shooter at sentencing
Dozen of victims and family members tell court about pain of losing loved one, as shackled gunman who killed 51 worshippers sits in dock showing little emotion
By Nick Perry
Twenty-nine-year-old Australian Brenton Harrison Tarrant stands in the dock at the Christchurch High Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand, August 24, 2020 (John Kirk-Anderson/Pool Photo via AP)
August 24, 2020, 8:39 am
At sentencing, court hears Christchurch shooter wanted to burn down mosques
Prosecutor says white supremacist who killed 51 in 2019 massacre planned attacks for when maximum number of people were present, describes worshiper killed trying to take him down
By Nick Perry
Illustrative: Police during a raid in northern Germany, January 30, 2019. (Bodo Marks/dpa via AP)
June 8, 2020, 12:55 pm
Man held in Germany over threat to carry out mass casualty attack on Muslims
Prosecutors say weapons found at suspect’s apartment, along with ‘data files with radical right-wing contents’; man said to cite Christchurch attack in online chat
By AP
In this image made from a video, Brenton Harrison Tarrant appears in a screen via video link in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 26, 2020. (TVNZ Pool via AP)
March 26, 2020, 10:15 am
New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism
In surprise, Brenton Tarrant reverses his plea and dispels fears he would try to advocate extreme views; hearing held by videoconference due to coronavirus protocol
By Nick Perry
Blood runs from the lip of a man wearing a shirt with swastikas after he was punched by a protester outside a University of Florida auditorium where white nationalist Richard Spencer was preparing to speak, Thursday, October 19, 2017 in Gainesville, Fla. (Will Vragovic/Tampa Bay Times via AP)
February 21, 2020, 1:52 am
White supremacists increasingly collaborating across borders, experts say
Extremists forming alliances, working together, inspiring each other in growing international movement similar to jihadism; many blame Jews for facilitating immigration
By Ben Sales
Picture shows police officers bringing a man believed to be one of the twelve men arrested a day earlier in a nationwide probe into an extreme-right at the Federal Supreme Court (Bundesgerichtshof) in Karlsruhe, southern Germany on February 15, 2020.(Photo by Uli Deck / dpa / AFP)
February 17, 2020, 12:57 am
German far-right terror suspects planned Christchurch-style mosque attacks
Media reports say an infiltrator into group tipped off police to preparations to use semi-automatic weapons in a copycat attack
By AFP
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