Family members of victims of the mosque attacks are seen outside the High Court on the first day of gunman Brenton Tarrant's sentencing in Christchurch. Photo: AAP Image/Martin Hunter via Reuters
Families and survivors had their first chance to confront the white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers in a mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques as his four-day sentencing hearing began Monday.
"You killed your own humanity, and I don’t think the world will forgive you for your horrible crime, ” said a tearful Maysoon Salama, the mother of 33-year-old Atta Elayyan, who was killed in March 2019 attacks. "You thought you can break us. You failed miserably.”
