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[–] Oglop ago
Is there more to the story the media tells?
He was in different place, Mi5 investigates? DELETED https://www.voat.co/v/pizzagate/3100582 reddit conspiracy archive http://archive.fo/FVmzD News : MI5 was last night investigating New Zealand gunman Brenton Tarrant over possible links to far-right extremists in Britain.
The 28-year-old's travel across countries including Turkey and Bulgaria are today being probed as the aftermath of the Christchurch massacre continues.
https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/suspect-first-began-considering-attack-in-2017
North Korea, Pakistan, Turkey, Eastern Europe, France and elsewhere.
Ankara on Friday said it was investigating Tarrant's multiple visits to Turkey, and who he might have met while he was there. The Bulgarian government has also said it was looking into Tarrant, who apparently visited the country late last year.
Tarrant's 74-page manifesto said he first began considering an attack in April and May of 2017 while travelling in France and elsewhere in Western Europe.
London's Independent newspaper said he allegedly met right-wing extremists during a visit to Europe that year and declared allegiance to a group he called Europeans. Tarrant also claimed he contacted an anti-immigration group called the reborn Knights Templar.
He planned not only the two-site murder rampage but also the manifesto and a social media campaign, which included his newly created Twitter account, full of links to white supremacist and anti-immigration postings.
The manifesto also said he chose to make his attack in New Zealand to show that nowhere in the world was safe. https://www.vietnamnews.net/news/259987566/new-zealand-mosque-suspect-appears-in-court Tarrant had worked as a personal trainer, according to the Australian Broadcasting Company. The news organization reported the manager of a gym where Tarrant was employed said he began traveling overseas in 2011. Manager Tracy Gray said Tarrant traveled to Europe and Asia, including North Korea. A photo published online by ABC shows Tarrant in Pakistan in 2018.
.Britain's MI5 investigates man charged after Christchurch shootings: Report https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/111345270/britains-mi5-investigate-man-charged-after-christchurch-shootings-report Brenton Harrison Tarrant, 28, appeared in Christchurch District Court on Saturday morning. He faced one murder charge, but police say more are likely.
Tarrant was believed to have met extreme right-wing groups during a visit to Europe two years ago, security sources told UK paper The Independent.
He reportedly started to travel about 2011 after the death of his father, heading to Turkey and Pakistan, as well as the Balkans.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/111345270/britains-mi5-investigate-man-charged-after-christchurch-shootings-report
The gym's owner, Tracey Gray, described him as a hard-working trainer but said he appeared to have been changed by his travels in Europe and Asia - which social media posts suggested included trips as far afield as Pakistan and North Korea. Advertisement
"I think something must have changed in him during the years he spent travelling overseas," Gray told national broadcaster ABC. https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/world/christchurch-shootings-new-zealand-attack-brenton-tarrant-11350994 "Somewhere along the lines, experiences or a group have got a hold of him," she said.