But there was nothing remarkable about his schooling years. No family's perfect, but certainly nothing like that," she said. "He was never raised like that, in that sort of environment, you know? There was no violence. His parents separated before he was a teenager, but his cousin Donna Cox told 7News there was nothing in the family's background to suggest Tarrant would one day become the perpetrator of one of the world's deadliest mass shootings. His father, a garbage collector, and his mother, a teacher, were well-respected in the community and the wider Tarrant family was well-known in the surrounding Clarence Valley area. The story of Tarrant's descent from a quiet blonde-haired Aussie boy to New Zealand's first convicted terrorist is far more prosaic than the atrocity which brought him to global attention.īorn on 27 October 1990 to Rodney and Sharon Tarrant in Grafton, about 500 kilometres north of Sydney in regional New South Wales, he was the youngest of two siblings. But, while not seeking to glorify the killer's actions, we believe it is appropriate to try to understand him. Many people will not support our decision to tell this story, in fact many will be angered at us mentioning his name. The shooting of more than 90 innocent worshippers on 15 March 2019 shocks the world. His actions over the next half-hour will make Brenton Harrison Tarrant arguably New Zealand's most reviled figure. The message is accompanied by a link to his Facebook profile and a 74-page 'manifesto'. "I will carry out and attack against the invaders, and will even live stream the attack via facebook." "Well lads, it's time to stop shitposting and time to make a real life effort post. He is typing up his final post to the toxic online world of 8Chan. Photo: RNZ / Alex PerrottetĪn almost entirely unknown 28 year old, who in coming days will be referred to in the most banal of terms in light of his actions - traveller, gym junkie, computer nerd - is sitting in his parked Subaru Outback in Leslie Hills Drive. Al Noor Mosque is strewn with flowers and offerings honouring the victims of the terror attack there.
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