Survivors will face New Zealand mosque gunman at sentencing More than 60 survivors and family members will confront the New Zealand mosque gunman this week when he appears in court to be sentenced for his crimesWELLINGTON, New Zealand -- When Aya Al-Umari faces her brother's killer in the dock, she intends to tell him that his hatred stole away her best friend, her guardian, her hero. Tarrant could become the first person in New Zealand to be sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Some victims have traveled from abroad to attend the court hearing and have completed a mandatory 14-day quarantine imposed because of the coronavirus. Tarrant moved to New Zealand in 2017 and kept a low profile in the university city of Dunedin. After his attack at the second mosque, Tarrant was driving, possibly to carry out a shooting at a third mosque, when two police officers rammed his car off the road, dragged him out and arrested him.

Source: ABC News August 23, 2020 00:56 UTC