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New Zealand mosque shooting: Gunman compared himself to Nelson Mandela, claimed he would win Nobel Peace Prize

The suspected shooter, 27-year-old Brenton Tarrant, also wrote of how he attempted to seek the blessings of Norwegian mass shooter Anders Behring Breivik
UPDATED MAR 15, 2019

The attacks at the Al Noor Mosque in central Christchurch and Linwood Mosque during Friday prayers by suspected gunman Brenton Tarrant, 28, has left 49 dead and at least a further 20 seriously injured. Before carrying out the shooting, Tarrant uploaded a 74-page manifesto explaining his motivations and reasonings, with social media now pouring through the document for a peek into his psyche.

Amongst poems and musings about his philosophies, in the document Tarrant compares himself to Nelson Mandela and claimed he would someday win a Nobel Peace Prize over the Christchurch attacks. He even bragged that he would be released from jail after 27 years, exactly like the former South African president.

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