INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
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Police officers stand guard near the scene of the deadly shooting in New Zealand
The Christchurch mosque attacks were live-streamed on the internet by a man posting online under the name Brenton Tarrant
He said he was Australian.Distressing footage shows him firing indiscriminately at men, women and children at close range inside the Al Noor
mosque.The individual had previously posted a rambling and expletive-filled document, espousing violent right-wing ideology.A day later, the
28 year old appeared in court in Christchurch, charged with murder
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the suspect had "travelled around the world with sporadic periods of time spent in New Zealand" and that
he was currently living in Dunedin, south of Christchurch."I would not describe him as a long-term resident," she said"The offender was in
possession of a gun licence
I'm advised that this was acquired in November of 2017." She said New Zealand intelligence services had been stepping up investigations into
far-right extremists, but added: "The individual charged with murder had not come to the attention of the intelligence community nor the
police for extremism."Brenton Tarrant appeared in court in Christchurch in a white prison uniform
He was remanded in custody, with no bail application made.Attack streamed liveThe man in the footage equipped himself with what appears to
be a head-mounted camera to live-stream the attack in central Christchurch.The streams were broadcast online, including briefly on Facebook,
showing the violence in graphic detail.A song which played in the suspect's car is known as a marching anthem for Serbian nationalist
paramilitary units known as Chetniks during the 1992-95 Bosnian war
It praises Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, who was convicted of genocide and war crimes.Image copyrightReutersImage caption
Weaponry shown in the footage circulating of the attack
The names of men convicted of killing Muslims and migrants
are written on the suspect's weaponry.One item has the words "For Rotherham" written on it, a reference to a child abuse scandal in the UK,
while other wording references historical battles between European countries and the Ottoman Empire.Online activityAustralian media reported
that Brenton Tarrant was originally from Grafton, a town 600km (370 miles) north of Sydney, and had previously worked at a fitness
facility."He never showed any extremist views or any crazy behaviour," his former boss, Tracey Gray, told Seven News.The 16,500-word
document he posted is entitled The Great Replacement - a phrase that originated in France and has become a rallying cry for European
anti-immigration extremists.In it, the man says he began planning an attack after visiting Europe in 2017 and being angered by events
there.Image:New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern: 'This can only be described as a terrorist attack'Specifically, he references a lorry attack
carried out by an Islamic State sympathiser in Sweden, France's decision to elect the moderate Emmanuel Macron as president, and ethnic
diversity in France.Despite insisting that he is not motivated by fame, he acknowledges that he intends to survive the attack, and hopes it
will spread fear.He chose the Al Noor mosque as his target three months ago, the document says.The central tenet of the conspiracy is that
"European peoples" are dying out and being "replaced" by immigrants with a different, inferior and dangerous culture, says the
TheIndianSubcontinent's Dominic Casciani.This is basically a code for hatred or fear of Muslims - part of the theory is that states and
corporations are encouraging "white genocide" by pushing up immigration rates to keep global capitalism going, says our correspondent.What
about the others in custodyFour people were arrested in the aftermath of the attack - three men and a woman, who was subsequently released
Police say they do not believe they were connected to the attack.Of those, two remain in custody: a man who apparently went to help carrying
a rifle, who has been charged with a firearms offence an 18-year-old, who will appear in court on Monday, but whose involvement is said to
be "tangential"Prime Minister Ardern said none of those in custody had been on active security watch lists in New Zealand or
Australia.Image:Eyewitnesses have reported running for their lives to escape a shooter."I have asked our agencies this morning to work
swiftly on assessing whether there was any activity on social media or otherwise, that should have triggered a response," the prime minister
