Mass shooting suspect charged with murder in New Zealand
CNNCNN — The main suspect in the deadly assault on two New Zealand mosques that was livestreamed on Facebook is a 28-year-old Australian who’d traveled the world and obtained his firearms legally, authorities said Saturday. Speaking at a press conference Saturday, New Zealand Police Commissioner Mike Bush said Tarrant was “not willing to be arrested.” Describing the arrest and video of the arrest, Bush said: “Again, I think you’d probably seen some of that video, there was live audio coming back to my command center in Wellington of that apprehension and I can tell you, as I was listening to that, the person was non-compliant.” The suspected shooter showed his face when he live-streamed video of the attack. Police in New South Wales say they’ve been speaking to Tarrant’s Australian-based family, adding that the family has been “assisting and cooperating.” 5 guns used Speaking at a news conference Saturday morning, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the suspect was from Australia and not a resident of Christchurch. Prime Minister Scott Morrison of Australia, who identified one of the suspects arrested as Australian-born, said the attack was carried out by an “extremist right-wing, violent terrorist.” Morrison’s New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern confirmed that one of the attackers was Australian.