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A man identifying himself as a suspect in the attacks on the Christchurch Mosque issued a "manifesto" in which he exposed his motives in which he adhered to the far-right and anti-immigrant ideology.
The man says his name is Brenton Tarrant, a 28-year-old American born in Australia. The 74-page document, titled "The Great Replacement", consists of a speech about the White Genocide and enumerates various goals, including the creation of a "climate of fear" against Muslims.
The document, which suggests an obsession with violent uprisings against Islam, claims that the suspect had a "brief contact" with Norwegian murderer Anders Breivik and that Breivik "blessed" the attack.
Police have not confirmed that Tarrant is one of the men in custody for shooting. They say that a man has been charged.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed that an Australian had been arrested in New Zealand and said he had received information about the document, describing it as "a work of hate".
The "manifest" does not identify the suspect as an Australian. "My language is European, my culture is European, my political beliefs are European, my philosophical beliefs are European, my identity is European and, more importantly, my blood is European," he says.
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The document presents its author as having grown up in a low-income working clbad family. "I am only an ordinary white man, from an ordinary family, who has decided to take a stand to secure a future for my people," the report says. "My parents are of Scottish, Irish and English descent. I had a regular childhood without big problems. "
In part of the document devoted to questions and answers, the author states that he was not seeking fame and that he was a "private and primarily introverted person".
He describes himself as an ethnonationalist and a fascist.
The author claims that the attack had been planned for two years and that, although New Zealand was not originally chosen, the Christchurch site was demarcated three months in advance.
"I only came to New Zealand to live there temporarily while I was planning and training, but soon discovered that New Zealand was as rich as any other environment in the world. 39, west of the country, "he says.
According to the document, the suspect wanted to send a message stating that "nowhere in the world is safe", and that the choice of weapon – firearm – was aimed at getting the maximum publicity.
"I chose firearms for their impact on the social discourse, the additional media coverage they would bring, and the effect this could have on US policy and, consequently, on the political situation in the United States. world, "he says.
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