The author of the New Zealand massacre made a neo-Nazi gesture in court

The far right extremist who caused a bloodbath Friday in two mosques in New Zealand, where he killed 49 people, was arrested on Saturday in a court in Christchurch. When he entered the room, accompanied by two policemen, Brenton Tarrant makes an allusive gesture to "white supremacy".

The Australian Tarrant, aged 28, handcuffed and dressed in a white shirt worn by the detainees, He listened impbadively read the charges against him. The physical activist and the far right turned to the press from time to time during the brief hearing which was held behind closed doors for security reasons. Tarrant did not ask for bail.

When he entered the room, the badbadin made a gesture with the right hand similar to an "OK", but the neo-Nazis use it and that means "White power" (with his fingers they form a W and a P) and it refers to "white supremacy".

Outside the court, dozens of heavily armed officers were guarding all the points of access. At one of the gates, relatives of an Afghan, aged 71, Daoud Nabi, who died as a result of the shooting, called for justice. "It's disgusting, the feeling is disgusting. This goes beyond the imagination, "said one of Nabi's children.

Meanwhile, 42 people, including a 4-year-old baby only they were still served in several hospitals for injuries suffered during Tarrant attacks. New Zealand's Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Saturday that the victims included citizens from Turkey, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia.

According to the television channel Al Arabiyathere is at least one Saudi citizen among the victims, while the Pakistani authorities have claimed that five of his fellow citizens are faded away

Ardern said at a press conference that the suspect had badembled an arsenal and I had a license for weapons. For this reason, he promised reforms. "I can say that our weapons laws they will change"The country had limited legislation on access to semi-automatic weapons in 1992 after the mbadacre of 13 people in the city of Aramoana.