A New Zealand court today sentenced a man who killed 51 people, men, women and children, to open fire blindly inside two mosques during Friday prayers on March 15, 2019, to life imprisonment without any possibility of parole .
This is the first time in the history of the country that such a severe punishment has been imposed. The massacre was the worst ever committed in New Zealand.
Brenton Tarant, a 29-year-old Australian with a far-right political identity, pleaded guilty to all charges of 51 counts of intentional homicide, 40 counts of premeditated murder and the commission of a terrorist act.
The perpetrator wore a camera and broadcast live the massacre in the two mosques in the city of Christchurch via Facebook.
Advocates of the perpetrator informed that their client does not want to file an objection to the sentence imposed on him.
The Prime Minister of New Zealand, the center-left politician Jacinda Arden, welcomed the condemnation, wishing to live a life of "complete and absolute silence".
"The trauma of March 15 is not easy to heal, but today I hope this is the last time we have to hear or say the name of the terrorist who was responsible," Arden said. he deserves ”is“ a life of complete and absolute silence ”.
Source: Alphanews