New Zealand’s Christchurch Mosque Shooter Sentenced To Life Without ParoleBrenton Tarrant, a white supremacist who killed 51 worshippers at two Christchurch, New Zealand mosques, was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday.
The 29-year-old Australian national’s sentence marks the first time New Zealand has imprisoned someone without the possibility of release.
As far as I am able to gauge, you are empty of any empathy for your victims,” Judge Cameron Mander said before handing down his sentence, calling Tarrant “brutal,” “callous” and “inhuman.
White supremacist Brenton Tarrant is seen in court in Christchurch, New Zealand at his sentening Thursday.
Tarrant was sentenced to life in prison without parole for the massacre of 51 Muslim worshippers.John Kirk Anderson/POOL/AFP via Getty Images.
Tarrant attacked Muslim worshipers at the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Center with semiautomatic weapons on March 15, 2019. He killed 51 people and injured dozens of others.
Before carrying out the deadly attack, he uploaded a hate-filled post to the anonymous message board 8chan. Tarrant livestreamed his attack on Facebook for 17 minutes before it was removed.
