'This was in effect a hate crime against the Muslim community,' judge Stephen O'Driscoll said.
The Deans Street mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, one of the mosques where worshippers were gunned down on March 17, 2019. AFP/Marty MELVILLEA New Zealand man was jailed for 21 months on Tuesday for distributing gruesome livestream video of the Christchurch mosque attacks that killed 51 Muslim worshippers, local media reported.
Arps pleaded guilty to two charges of distributing objectionable material for sharing footage that was livestreamed to social media during the attack. O’Driscoll found that Arps had set out to “glorify” the deaths of Muslims and any punishment other than imprisonment was inappropriate, Radio New Zealandreported.
Shanks also outlawed publication of the rambling “manifesto” the shooter posted online before the attacks, saying it was intended to inspire “murder and terrorism”.
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