The author of the New Zealand massacre rejected his lawyer and plans to defend himself – 18/03/2019

L & # 39; Australian Brenton Tarrant, author of the mbadacre of two mosques in New Zealand, rejected his public defender and plans to defend himself for the murder of at least 50 people, reported today the local press.

Attorney Richard Peters told the New Zealand Herald that he had stopped representing Tarrant, at the request of the accused, last Saturday after accompanying him in his appearance before the judge, who accused him of murder.

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Peters said Tarrant, 28, was lucid, he did not show any kind of regret and that it did not seem to him that he was mentally unstable beyond the expression of his extremist ideology.

Tarrant will remain in provisional prison until the 5th of April, when he should appear before the High Court of New Zealand where, according to the lawyer, he would seek to use the process as resonance council of his supremacist ideology.

"I think he will not avoid publicity and that will be the way he will face the trial.The judge's job will be to settle that," said Peters, whose newspaper also shares the news. 39; opinion.

In addition to the 50 dead, 50 other people were injured during the armed badault in the two mosques of Christchurch, of which 34 are still in the hospital, including 12 in critical condition.

Who are the victims

Mucad Ibrahim, a 3-year-old boy, and Abdullahi Dirie, 4 years oldthey are the youngest victims of the shooting.

Although the authorities have not yet made public the names of the victims, the local media revealed the identity of deceased persons.

Victims include residents, refugees and immigrants of Turkish, Syrian, Somali, Indian, Bangladeshi, Malaysian and Afghani descent, among others.

Abdullahi, the son of a family who emigrated from Somalia to New Zealand, died from his gunshot wounds, while his four brothers and his father survived the mbadacre, according to the New Zealand Herald .

Khaled MustafaA Syrian refugee died with his son Hamza in Al Noor at the age of 16. His other son was injured and had to be operated on urgently.

Hamza's mother told the media that her son had spoken to him on the phone when he was shot.

"He said," Mom, someone entered the mosque and he shot us "and he ran with his brother, hit in the leg," said Salwa Mustafa, the wife and the mother of the victims.

Naeem Rashid, a 50-year-old Pakistani-born teacher, died after being shot while attempting to snatch the attacker's weapon from the mosque. 39, Al Noor, where his son Talha, 21, also died.

Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan said on Twitter that Rashid would be rewarded with "national decoration" because of his courage.

The attack occurred on Friday, a day of prayer for Muslims. Tarrant first opened fire on a mosque in Christchurch, fired for about 6 minutes, then went to a second temple, where he again attacked. It was blocked a few blocks from the place. The attacker has transmitted everything via Facebook Live.

Source: EFE and Ansa