{"id":62064,"date":"2020-08-27T14:59:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=62064"},"modified":"2020-08-27T14:59:07","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T14:59:07","slug":"new-zealand-mosque-attacker-to-stay-in-jail-unto-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=62064","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand mosque attacker to stay in jail unto death"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"International Desk: A New Zealand court has sentenced a man who shot dead 51 people at two mosques to life in prison without parole, the first person in the country's history to receive this sentence.<\/p>\n

Australian Brenton Tarrant had earlier pleaded guilty to the murder of 51 people, attempted murder of another 40 people and one charge of terrorism, BBC reported.<\/p>\n

What happened in Christchurch?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The gunman opened fire on two mosques in the city on 15 March last year.<\/p>\n

He first targeted worshippers inside the Al Noor mosque. Less than 30 seconds later, he returned to his car to pick up another weapon and then re-entered the mosque and resumed firing on those inside.<\/p>\n

The entire incident was broadcast on Facebook Live via a headcam he was wearing.<\/p>\n

He then drove to the Linwood Islamic Centre where he shot two people outside and then shot at the windows.<\/p>\n

A man from inside rushed outside and picked up one of the attacker's shotguns before chasing him away.<\/p>\n

Two police officers then chased and arrested the gunman. After his arrest, he told police that his plan was to burn down mosques after his attack and he wished he had done so.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

International Desk: A New Zealand court has sentenced a man who shot dead 51 people at two mosques to life in prison without parole, the first person in the country’s history to receive this sentence. Australian Brenton Tarrant had earlier pleaded guilty to the murder of 51 people, attempted murder of another 40 people and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":62065,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n