In New Zealand, a journey around the world and into darkness


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  • Sunday, 17 Mar 2019

Flowers and a New Zealand national flag are seen at a memorial as tributes to victims of the mosque attacks near Linwood mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, March 16, 2019. REUTERS/Edgar Su

SYDNEY (Reuters) - "Just a ordinary White man, 28 years old," was how Brenton Harrison Tarrant, accused of killing 49 people and injuring more at two mosques in New Zealand, introduced himself to the world in a manifesto circulating online.

    "Born in Australia to a working class, low income family," he added.

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