The gunman accused of killing 51 people in New Zealand has written several lette...
WELLINGTON - The gunman accused of killing 51 people in New Zealand has written several letters from jail expressing his political and social views, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern to say that should never have been allowed.
“I think every New Zealander would have an expectation that this individual should not be able to share his hateful message from behind bars,” Ardern was quoted telling reporters on Wednesday in Tuvalu, where she is attending the Pacific Islands Forum. Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis said on Thursday that Tarrant has sent nine letters from prison so far, two to his mother, five to others, while two were withheld.“I’ve asked corrections to look at the content of those other letters, but what we have done is we have put an immediate stop to any mail sent or received...,” Davis told Radio New Zealand.
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