Posted on 03/16/2019 9:16:33 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Accused New Zealand mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant, one of four suspects in custody in connection to the attack, is a personal trainer from Australia who visited North Korea, where he was photographed in a tour group visiting the Samjiyon Grand Monument.
Tarrant, 28, is the son of parents who divorced when he was young. His father, who died in 2010 at age 49, was a garbage man who became a competitive triathlete who represented Australia.
He described himself as an "ordinary white man who decided to take a stand," worked at the Big River Gym in New Zealand from 2009 to 2011, according to gym manager Tracey Gray.
“He was a very dedicated personal trainer,” Gray told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. “He worked in our program that offered free training to kids in the community, and he was very passionate about that. He was very good, very dedicated with his training. He would train a lot, and some could say quite excessively, but then he was passionate about health and fitness and making those changes in his personal space.”
Gray said after Tarrant left the gym in 2011, he funded travel to Europe and Asia through cryptocurrency like bitcoin. Gray cited Tarrant’s travels, which included a stop in North Korea, as the reason he changed. She also mentioned that his father died while Gray was in high school, due to an asbestos-related illness.
An obituary for Rodney Tarrant in 2010 said he died of cancer at the age of 49. He was divorced from Brenton's mother, Sharon Fitzgerald, an English teacher.
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Were both mosques of this version of islam?
Interesting observations... too bad the press cannot recognize sarcasm.
It's likely the Maori (Armani Muslims) are the most popular Muslim group in New Zealand I think.
Why did Eric Schmidt of Google travel to North Korea and set up a computer network?
North Korea wasn’t what people thought.
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