Media film outside the Christchurch High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, March 26, 2020. One year after killing 51 worshipers at two Christchurch mosques, an Australian white supremacist accused of the slaughter on Thursday changed his plea to guilty. Twenty-nine-year-old Brenton Harrison Tarrant pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
March 25, 2020
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March 25, 2020 10:53 p.m.
New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The man who committed the worst atrocity in New Zealand's modern history when he slaughtered 51 worshippers at two Christchurch mosques unexpectedly pleaded guilty to all charges Thursday.