New Zealand Mosque Shooter Visited ‘Israel’ - Report

By Staff, Agencies

Perhaps it is not surprising to learn that the terrorist responsible for a massacre at two New Zealand mosques visited ‘Israel’ two-and-a-half years ago, a new report claimed.

Twenty-eight-year-old Brenton Harrison Tarrant, an Australian national, was arrested Friday, after he went on shooting sprees at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, killing 50 people and wounding 50 more.

During the attacks Friday morning, Tarrant gunned down dozens at the Al Noor Mosque, before attacking the Linwood Islamic Center, using semi-automatic rifles and shotguns while live-streaming the massacres to social media.

According to a report Sunday evening by ‘Israeli’ Channel 13, Tarrant visited the occupied territories two-and-a-half years before the massacres.

A senior Zionist official told Channel 13 that Tarrant entered ‘Israel’ on October 25th 2016 using his Australian passport, after arriving at Ben Gurion Airport from Turkey.

He was reportedly cleared at Ben Gurion Airport to visit ‘Israel’ with a standard three-month tourist visa.

Tarrant stayed in the ‘Israeli’-occupied territories for nine days before leaving the entity, the official said.

On Saturday, Tarrant was brought to a Christchurch court where he was charged with multiple counts of murder for the mass killings.

It was unclear, however, whether Tarrant would ultimately be extradited to his home country of Australia, though New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said Tarrant would be tried in New Zealand – even if he was transferred to Australia at a later date.