Suspected New Zealand mosque gunman pleads not guilty

The Australian man accused of killing 51 worshipers at two mosques in New Zealand in March has pleaded not guilty to multiple murder and terrorism charges against him.

Recall that the lone gunman armed with weapons targeted muslims attending Friday prayers in Christchurch on March 15, in New Zealand’s worst peacetime mass shooting.

Appearing in Christchurch high court via an audiovisual link from a maximum-security prison in Auckland, Brenton Tarrant sat silently as lawyer Shane Tait said his client pleaded not guilty to all charges.

This is the first time a terrorism charge has been brought in New Zealand.