The murderer of 51 Muslims in New Zealand last year is sentenced
He is the first person in New Zealand to be jailed for life without a chance of parole
THE WHITE supremacist who murdered 51 Muslims in Christchurch in March last year expressed only one regret: that he had not been able to kill more. The mass shooting, which he live-streamed on Facebook, was the worst in New Zealand’s history. Its courts had never sentenced anyone to life in prison without parole. But on August 27th a judge ruled that Brenton Tarrant should spend the rest of his life in jail.
This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Dignity in the face of depravity”
Asia August 29th 2020
- Who will replace Abe Shinzo after his resignation owing to illness?
- The murderer of 51 Muslims in New Zealand last year is sentenced
- Asian airlines are selling in-flight meals directly to the public
- As natural disasters strike, North Korea cuts itself off
- Politics is spreading covid-19 in Indonesia and the Philippines
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