Christchurch terrorist planned to burn down mosques, NZ police say

08:30:00 PM, Monday 24th of August 2020 | in miscellaneous

Over a year after the tragic Christchurch shootings in New Zealand, a court heard for the first time the official account of what the terrorist had planned. Brenton Tarrant had planned to burn down the two mosques where he had gunned down 51 people and intended to attack a third mosque in Christchurch last year, the court was told. On March 15, the gunman had attacked the Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Masjid and live-streamed it on Facebook.