The gunman, 28-year-old Brenton Harrison Tarrant from Grafton, New South Wales, Australia, was arrested after his vehicle was rammed by a police unit as he was driving to a third mosque in Ashburton. 51 people were killed and 40 were injured. The attacks, carried out by a lone gunman who entered both mosques during Friday prayer, began at the Al Noor Mosque in the suburb of Riccarton at 1:40 pm and continued at the Linwood Islamic Centre at 1:52 pm. On 15 March 2019, two consecutive mass shootings occurred in a terrorist attack on two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Life imprisonment without the possibility of parole
223-caliber Mossberg Predator bolt-action rifle
Mass shooting, terrorist attack, shooting spree, mass murder, right-wing terrorism, hate crime
