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FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, Aya Al-Umari, whose brother Hussein Al-Umari was killed in the Al Noor mosque shooting, holds a pendant with a photo of herself and Hussein during an interview at her home in Christchurch, New Zealand. One year after killing 51 worshipers at two Christchurch mosques, an Australian white supremacist accused of the slaughter has changed his plea to guilty. Twenty-nine-year-old Brenton Harrison Tarrant on Thursday, March 26, 2020, pleaded guilty to 51 counts of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one count of terrorism. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, Aya Al-Umari, whose brother Hussein Al-Umari was killed in the Al Noor mosque shooting, holds a pendant with a photo of herself and Hussein during an interview at her home in Christchurch, New Zealand. One year after killing 51 worshipers at two Christchurch mosques, an Australian white supremacist accused of the slaughter has changed his plea to guilty. Twenty-nine-year-old Brenton Harrison Tarrant on Thursday, March 26, 2020, plead…

March 25, 2020

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New Zealand mosque gunman pleads guilty to murder, terrorism
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.