The man accused of shooting dead 51 Muslim worshippers in the Christchurch mosque attacks smiled as his lawyers entered not guilty pleas.
his client was pleading not guilty to all charges, prompting anger from survivors and relatives of those killed in the March 15 attacks.
The self-proclaimed white supremacist appeared in court via audio-visual link from a maximum-security prison in Auckland for the brief hearing., 40 of attempted murder and engaging in a terrorist act.His smiling demeanour enraged survivors still reeling from the worst massacre in modern New Zealand history, who had packed the courthouse's public gallery for a glimpse of the accused.
"It just shows he's an animal," Mustafa Boztas, who was wounded in the thigh, told AFP outside the court.Abdul Aziz, who confronted the gunman at the Linwood mosque and chased him off the premises, said he wanted to see Tarrant's face."He was laughing there and he thinks he was so tough, but he was a coward when he faced me and he ran," he said."Put me for 15 minutes in one cell and then we will see if he can laugh any more.
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