Accused New Zealand mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant, one of four suspects in custody in connection to the attack, is a personal trainer from Australia who visited North Korea, where he was photographed in a tour group visiting the Samjiyon Grand Monument. Gray cited Tarrant’s travels, which included a stop in North Korea, as the reason he changed. She also mentioned that his father died while Gray was in high school, due to an asbestos-related illness. An obituary for Rodney Tarrant in 2010 said he died of cancer at the age of 49. The obituary stated that in 1991, the Tarrant family travelled to Hawaii so Rodney Tarrant could fulfill his dream of finishing the Hawaiian Iron Man triathlon.

Source: The North Africa Journal March 15, 2019 18:03 UTC