26 Aug 2020

Chch mosque shootings: Victim wants terrorist to never see the sun again

From Morning Report, 6:39 am on 26 August 2020

Warning: This story deals with the fall out of the Christchurch mosque shooting and may be distressing to some people.

Christchurch mosque attack survivor Hazem Mohammed says the terrorist who committed the atrocity, must never see the sun again.

Victims of the attacks at the two mosques on 15 March 2019 have been reading out victim impact statements at the High the Court in Christchurch this week.

Brenton Tarrant is being sentenced for killing 51 worshippers, injuring another 40 and committing a terrorist act.

Hazem Mohammed, who was wounded in the attack, says he had to pretend to be dead in order to survive.

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