New Zealand mosque suspect Brenton Tarrant ‘an ordinary white man’ inspired by Anders Breivik

In the eastern Australian riverside town of Grafton, Brenton Tarrant was – until about 1.40pm today in Christchurch – known as a “lovely” fitness-obsessed local from a respected family.

But the 28-year-old, who attended Grafton High School, a state school, before working as a personal  trainer at a local gym, will now be remembered as one of the orchestrators and gunmen behind the horrific shootings in Christchurch.

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Tarrant filmed himself attacking a Christchurch mosque in a Facebook Live video and posted a 74-page manifesto in which he claims to be from a “working class, low income family”. He said he was of Scottish, Irish and English stock and moved to New Zealand temporarily to plan and train…

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