Brenton Tarrant, the gunman behind the massacre of 49 people in two mosques in Christchurch New Zealand on Thursday, in a short self-profile, described himself as an “ordinary white man”.
On Thursday, his personality witnessed a transformation as he became anything but ordinary.
Before the mass killing of New Zealand muslims and a Saudi, for which he was charged Saturday, he was a former gym trainer from rural Australia. He said he became steeped in neo-fascist ideology during travels in Europe,
In court, he smirked and flashed a white power sign. Yet before the tragic incident that now defined him as a terrorist, he was not on any terrorist watch-list and appeared to have no criminal history.
Tarrant, 28, grew up in the small town of Grafton in northern New South Wales, where he graduated high school before earning some fitness qualifications and going on to find work at a local gym in 2009.
The gym’s owner,…
Source: News Agency of Nigeria
