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Brenton Tarrants mother is seen for the first time since massacre

The mother of accused mosque massacre gunman Brenton Harrison Tarrant is distraught and ‘bewildered’ by her son’s horrific actions.

Sharon Tarrant, 57, was seen for the first time outside her Grafton home on Monday, as counter-terrorism officers searched the premises.

Her partner Gerald Tory said Mrs Tarrant had not spoken to her son since Friday’s mass shooting, and could make no sense of what he is accused of doing.

‘Sharon is bewildered, we both are,’ Mr Tory told Daily Mail Australia.

He said Mrs Tarrant was being kept in a safe house by police because authorities feared she and eldest daughter Lauren could be ‘targets for retaliation’.

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Sharon Tarrant (pictured), the mother of accused massacre gunman Brenton, is ‘bewildered’ by her son’s shocking actions

Australian-born extremist Brenton Harrison Tarrant (pictured), 28, has been charged over Friday’s Christchurch terror attack

Mr Tory said Brenton’s family wanted to denounce her son’s actions and offer her condolences to the 50 victims of the Christchurch terror attack.

He also revealed Mrs Tarrant had no interest in travelling to New Zealand to see him or seek answers about why her son had allegedly carried out the massacre.

‘What he did is appalling, it’s pathetic. I’m gutted by it. I feel for my partner (Sharon). She is bewildered, she’s just absolutely gutted,’ Mr Tory said.

‘I hate Brenton for what he’s done.

‘Personally I do not approve of any type of violence like that and I am totally gutted.’

Mrs Tarrant was teaching a double period of English at Maclean High School when her son allegedly opened fire at the two mosques, packed with worshippers attending Friday prayers.

It wasn’t until journalists began calling the high school that her colleagues were able to remove Mrs Tarrant from her class and told her the shocking news.

‘I was called from work by Lauren (Tarrant’s sister) – she said “You’ll have to go and find mum, something very bad has happened”,’ Mr Tory said.

Mr Tory said he was not close to his partner’s son and they had only met on a number of occasions.

He said the whole Tarrant family was appalled by Brenton’s alleged attack and wanted the victims’ families to know they were thinking of them.

‘I feel for the families in New Zealand, there are a lot of innocent lives lost. I’d love to go to New Zealand and put my arms around the grieving families but I can’t because I have to work,’ Mr Tory said.

‘What he did is appalling, it’s pathetic. I’m gutted by it. I feel for my partner (Sharon). She is bewildered, she’s just absolutely gutted,’ Gerald Tory (right), the partner of Mrs Tarrant, told Daily Mail Australia

Mrs Tarrant was seen on Monday for the first time since the massacre as she emerged from her home near Grafton after police conducted a three-hour raid on the property

Mr Tory said Brenton’s actions had shocked his family and revealed his mother or sister had no interest in travelling to New Zealand to see him or seek answers about why he allegedly carried out the massacre

Brenton Tarrant’s mother’s home in Lawrence, near Grafton NSW was also searched by police

Mr Tory claimed a turning point in Brenton’s life had been the death of his father Rodney to cancer in 2010.

‘Brenton was very private after what happened to his dad. I said to him when I met him: “Mate, I can’t replace your dad, but I’m a shoulder for you if you need it”.

‘Brenton and Lauren found their dad dead. That’s why Brenton took off overseas, you know, to get away and just to ponder a bit about life.’

During Monday’s police raid Mr Tory remained at he and Mrs Tarrant’s home, with their much-loved dog Zarley.

Daily Mail Australia reported the white fluffy dog had been left alone at the house after police took Mrs Tarrant into hiding, but Mr Tory said that was ‘not true’.

‘That little dog is so well cared for and loved… I am here with her now, she has never been left,’ he said.

‘I don’t know when Sharon will be back, she doesn’t even know. But this dog will not be on her own.’

Mrs Tarrant emerged from her home just before midday on Monday after Australian Federal Police finished a three-hour search of their house.

Wearing a blue and pink floral blouse, she was supported by a middle-aged man and flanked by detectives.

The death toll from the Christchurch terror attack has risen to 50. Mr Tory said Mrs Tarrant wanted to offer her condolences to the families of the innocent victims

VICTIMS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MOSQUE MASSACRES

As of 2am AEDT Monday

Mucad Ibrahim, 3

Abdullahi Dirie, 4

Sayyad Milne, 14

Khaled Mustafa, 45, and son Hamza, 16

Naeem Rashid and his son Talha, 21

Tariq Omar, 24

Ozair Kadir, 24

Syed Areeb Ahmed, 26

Ansi Alibava, 25

Ramiz Vora, 28

Farhaj Ahsan, 30

Mojammel Hoq, 30

Atta Elayyan, 33

Hussein Al-Umari, 36

Mohammed Omar Faruk, 36

Junaid Ismail, 36

Osama Adnan Abu Kwik, 37

Zeehan Raza, 38

Kamel Darwish, 39

Dr Haroon Mahmood, 40

Husne Ara Parvin, 42

Syed Jahandad Ali, 43

Mohammad Imran Kahn, 47

Mathullah Safi, 55

Amjad Hamid, 57

Lilik Abdul Hamid, 58

Arifbhai Mohamedali Vora, 58

Ghulam Hussain, in his 60s

Karam Bibi, in her 60s

Musa Vali Suleman Patel, 60

Abdelfattah Qasem, 60

Ashraf Ali, 61

Mohsin Al-Harbi, 63

Linda Armstrong, 65

Maheboob Khokhar, 65

Muhammed Abdusi Samad, 66

Ali Elmadani, 66

Mounir Soliman, 68

Ahmad Gamaluddin Abdel Ghani, 68

Hussein Moustafa, 70

Abdukadir Elmi, 70

Haji-Daoud Nabi, 71

Still Missing:

Zakaria Bhuiyan

Tarrant, who made a ‘white power’ gesture during his court appearance on Saturday (pictured), has so far been charged with just one count of murder. Police are expected to lay more charges against the accused gunman in the coming days

Tarrant grew up in this house in Grafton in the Northern River region of Australia’s New South Wales

She was then driven away to a undisclosed location where she has been staying with her daughter Lauren since Friday night.

Officers earlier left the house with a few bags of evidence after a three-hour raid.

Meanwhile, heavily-armed police were also seen searching the accused gunman’s Dunedin home on Monday morning.

Officers arrived at the Anderson’s Bay house at the same time Australian Federal Police were carrying out simultaneous raids at Tarrant’s mother’s and sister’s homes near Grafton.

The one-bedroom house in New Zealand has been Tarrant’s home for the past two years, and it is believed to be where he planned the terror attacks.

Eight specialist search officers were seen putting on hazardous-material suits and gloves before they entered the suburban house, just after 11.30am local time.

They focused a lot of their search on the roof of the weatherboard house and on bushes and garden around the property.

New Zealand police officers arrive at the Dunedin home of accused killer Brenton Tarrant

Forensic police were seen entering Tarrant’s home at 11.30am to begin a search of the rental house he has lived at for the past two years

The one-bedroom house has been Tarrant’s home for the past two years, and it is believed to be where he planned the terror attacks

Officers searched through garden beds and bushes as part of their raid on Tarrant’s rental home

Officers arrived at the Anderson’s Bay house on Monday morning, at the same time Australian Federal Police were carrying out simultaneous raids at Tarrant’s mother and sister’s homes near Grafton

Eight specialist search officers were seen putting on hazardous-material suits and gloves before they entered the suburban house, just after 11.30am local time

Police would not comment to Daily Mail Australia on the raid, only saying it was an ‘ongoing investigation’.

Meanwhile, counter-terrorism police have raided two homes in Australia as part of investigations into the Christchurch terrorist attack.

Officers from the NSW Joint Counter Terrorism Team searched a property in Sandy Beach, near Coffs Harbour on the NSW north coast about 8.30am on Monday, before storming a second house at Lawrence, near Maclean.

‘The primary aim of the activity is to formally obtain material that may assist New Zealand Police in their ongoing investigation,’ the Australian Federal Police and NSW Police said in a joint statement.

Brenton Tarrant’s sister Lauren lives at the Sandy Beach property while his mother Sharon lives in Lawrence.

There is a heavy police presence at both properties.

NSW Police said there was no threat to the community related to both searches.

They focused a lot of their search on the roof of the weatherboard house

Police would not comment to Daily Mail Australia on the raid, saying it was an ongoing investigation

New Zealand Police searched near the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch on Monday

Officers inspected vehicles and the streets near the mosque as people came to pay their respects to those who died

Meanwhile, officers also searched the Dunedin home of Brenton Tarrant

Tarrant, 28, was charged with murder after he allegedly shot and killed 50 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand on Friday.

Tarrant’s mother is a teacher at a local school. She had to be whisked away by police mid-class when reports of the attack first came through on Friday.

She and Tarrant’s sister have been placed under police protection, without mobile phone contact with the rest of their family.

He grew up in the north-eastern NSW town of Grafton before moving to New Zealand in 2017.

Tarrant’s family has been assisting police with their inquiries after the massacre.

The last time Tarrant returned home to NSW was for his sister’s birthday last year.

TIMELINE OF TERROR: HOW THE CHRISTCHURCH MASSACRE THAT CLAIMED 50 LIVES UNFOLDED

A 28-year-old Australian man entered a mosque in central Christchurch on Friday afternoon and opened fire on people gathered inside the building – killing 50 people and leaving dozens more injured.

This is how the incident unfolded in local New Zealand Time.

1.40pm: First reports of a shooting at a mosque in central Christchurch.

A man entered the mosque with an automatic weapon and opened fire on people inside.

2.11pm: Police confirmed they were attending an ‘evolving situation’ in Christchruch.

Gunshots are heard in the area outside Masid Al Noor Mosque on Deans Avenue.

Witnesses reported hearing multiple gunshots, with one saying she attempted to give CPR to an injured person but they died.

2.17pm: Multiple schools went into lockdown in Christchurch.

People who were in the mosque began to leave covered in blood and with gunshot wounds.

2.47pm: First reports of six people dead, three in a critical condition and three with serious injuries.

2.54pm: Police Commissioner Mike Bush said the situation is ‘serious and evolving’ and told people to remain indoors and stay off the streets.

The Canterbury District Health Board activated its mass casualty plan.

3.12pm: New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern cancelled her afternoon arrangements.

3.21pm: Christchurch City Council locked down many of their central city buildings.

3.33pm: First reports of a bomb in a beige Subaru that crashed on Strickland Street, three kilometres from the shootings.

3.40pm: Police confirmed there were multiple simultaneous attacks on mosques in Christchurch.

3.45pm: Reports of multiple shots fired at the shootings, which are ongoing.

3.59pm: 300 people were reported to be inside the moque.

4.00pm: One person is confirmed to be in custody but there are warnings there may be others out there.

Police commissioner Mike Bush urges Muslims across New Zealand to stay away from their local mosque.

4.10pm: Jacinda Ardern calls Friday ‘one of New Zealand’s darkest days’.

5.27pm: First reports of a second shooting.

A witness said a Muslim local chased the shooters at the mosque in Linwood, firing in ‘self defence’.

5.31pm: Four people are confirmed to be in custody. including one woman.

Multiple fatalities were reported.

7.07pm: It was confirmed an AR15 rifle was used in the attack.

7.20pm: Dunedin Street was cordoned off.

Reports the attackers planned to also target the Al Huda Mosque.

7.26pm: At least 40 people were confirmed dead, Jacinda Ardern confirmed.

7.34pm: Confirmed that 48 people were being treated in hospital.

7.46pm: Britomart train station in central Auckland was evacuated after bags were found unattended.

The bags were deemed not suspicious.

8.35pm: New Zealand’s Government confirmed this is the first time ever the terror level has been lifted from low to high.

9.03pm: Police Commissioner Mike Bush confirms that the death toll has risen to 49.

Brenton Tarrant was later charged with murder, and the death toll has since risen to 50.

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Christchurch

I cannot believe the audacity of some people. How this terrorist attack can be condemned as an attack against terror? Innocent lives were shot at a time that people would not be able to defend themselves. You call Islam a terrorist religion as a reason to pray on them and make a victim of yourselves. Their faith is beautiful. They are our people and we should look after them. I’m so ashamed this has happened in the country I live in and essentially feel safe in. For all of us to feel safe in. Muslims will keep going to these mosques and praying and practicing their religion in the face of fear and this is bravery. Bravery that should not be even thought about, practiced because people have the right to religious freedom. Grandparents, children, adults had their lives taken from them. Make no mistake this was not the consequence of immigration but instead the blame is entirely on islamophobia, hatred and some sick sense of white supremacy.

Names that should never be forgotten or treated as a statistic in this sick supremacist game; some of these people are dead. Some are in intensive care. Some are orphaned. Some are missing. ALL are traumatized. : Mucad Ibrahim, Zulfirman Syah and his son Averroes, Abdullahi Dirie, Heba Sami, Sayyad Milne, Khaled Mustafa and his son Hamza, Naeem Rashid and his son Talha, Ansi Karippakulam Alibava, Vora Ramiz, Farhaj Ahsan, Mojammel Hoq, Atta Elayyan, Syed Jahandad, Hussain Al-Umari, Osama Adnan, Kamel Darwish, Haroon Mahmood, Husne Ara Parvin, Mohammad Imran Kahn, Amjad Hamid, Abdelfattah Qasem, Linda Armstrong, Ali Elmadani, Haji-Daoud Nabi, Lilik Abdul Hamid, Ashraf Ali,

How many more people have to suffer before people realise that we are all equal.

#christchurchterrorattack #i am angry and sad #heartbroken #we are all whanau #muslims are our family

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Christchurch massacre hero makes emotional return to shooting scene

The two heroes of the Christchurch mosque massacre have made an emotional return to the scene of the bloodshed.

Linwood mosque Imam Abdul Lateef Zirullah, better known as Brother Lateef, and ‘Eftpos machine hero’ Abdul Aziz, from Australia, were re-united for a traditional Maori ‘cleansing’ ceremony at the Linwood mosque, where the pair’s heroics saved many lives on Friday.

An emotional Mr Lateef broke down in tears during the service and was comforted by mourners, including a police officer who was seen laying a friendly hand on the Imam’s back.

The service was held just metres away from a growing mountain of flowers, and on a street where strangers have spent the weekend spontaneously hugging Muslims.

A picture of Mr Lateef soaked in blood has become one of the enduring images of the tragedy, which has been described as New Zealand’s ‘darkest day’ with the loss of 50 lives.

Mr Lateef was the first to spot gunman Brenton Harrison Tarrant and raise the alarm outside the second mosque on Friday afternoon, warning worshippers to get down.

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Brother Abdul Lateef Zirullah (left) and Abdul Aziz (right), the two surviving heroes of the mass shooting at Linwood mosque attack, have made an emotional return to the scene three days on

Brother Lateef broke down in tears during a traditional Maori ceremony at the mosque. He was the first person to spot accused gunman Brenton Harrison Tarrant out the window and warned worshippers inside, saving countless lives

During Monday’s ceremony a policeman placed a comforting hand on the back of Mr Lateef as he broke down in tears

‘From the window, I sighted him (and) I thought maybe he was a policeman,’ Mr Lateef told Daily Mail Australia.

‘But then when I saw on the floor next to him was another (dead) lady, I said “no”.’

Mr Lateef could hear the killer’s muffled, but clearly offensive, yelling, through the window.

‘I can’t hear him very well clearly inside but I know he was saying something, like using this vulgar word,’ he said.

‘I realised he is amiss and something must be done. Initially people didn’t understand but eventually people got to know what happened.’

After being alerted to the gunman by Mr Lateef, Mr Aziz picked up the first thing he could find – an Eftpos machine – and ran to confront the attacker.

When he got outside Tarrant had returned to his car to swap guns.

Mr Lateef told Daily Mail Australia that he saw Brenton Harrison Tarrant (pictured) out the window of the mosque and initially thought he was a policeman, before noticing a dead body on the ground nearby

Moments after the gunman fled the scene Mr Lateef was photographed on the street wearing a bloodstained garment

An emotional Mr Lateef was comforted by dozens of mourners during the traditional cleansing ceremony

Mr Lateef told how after he warned worshippers, Abdul Aziz (right) grabbed an Eftpos machine and ran outside to chase the accused gunman

When Tarrant returned to his car to get another gun Mr Aziz chased after him and hurled the gun at the car, shattering the windscreen and scaring him away

Mr Aziz (right) said he could hear his two young sons inside the mosque urging him to come back inside and away from danger

‘From the window, I sighted him… I thought he was a policeman,’ Brother Lateef said. He then noticed dead bodies outside the mosque and yelled out to the worshippers at Friday prayers

Mr Aziz then saw a discarded weapon on the ground and picked it up, before aiming at Tarrant and squeezed hard on the trigger – but it was empty.

‘He got into his car and I just got the gun and threw it on his window like an arrow and blasted his window… that’s why he got scared,’ Mr Aziz said.

Inside the mosque Mr Aziz said he could hear his two young sons, aged 11 and five, calling for him to come back inside.

Mr Lateef said he had seen the iconic photograph of his robe covered in blood just moments after the massacre.

‘I was trying to rescue some brothers,’ he said.

‘I was thinking I could do something to save their lives, but, unfortunately, some of them, most of them had passed.’

Maori leader performs the traditional cleansing ceremony at the Linwood Mosque on Monday

The ceremony, known as a karakia, is regularly held after tragic deaths and is similar to rituals performed by indigenous Australians

Nearly three days since the horrific terror attack in Christchurch which left 50 worshippers dead, new details about the innocent victims are emerging

VICTIMS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MOSQUE MASSACRES

As of 2am AEDT Monday

Mucad Ibrahim, 3

Abdullahi Dirie, 4

Sayyad Milne, 14

Khaled Mustafa, 45, and son Hamza, 16

Naeem Rashid and his son Talha, 21

Tariq Omar, 24

Ozair Kadir, 24

Syed Areeb Ahmed, 26

Ansi Alibava, 25

Ramiz Vora, 28

Farhaj Ahsan, 30

Mojammel Hoq, 30

Atta Elayyan, 33

Hussein Al-Umari, 36

Mohammed Omar Faruk, 36

Junaid Ismail, 36

Osama Adnan Abu Kwik, 37

Zeehan Raza, 38

Kamel Darwish, 39

Dr Haroon Mahmood, 40

Husne Ara Parvin, 42

Syed Jahandad Ali, 43

Mohammad Imran Kahn, 47

Mathullah Safi, 55

Amjad Hamid, 57

Lilik Abdul Hamid, 58

Arifbhai Mohamedali Vora, 58

Ghulam Hussain, in his 60s

Karam Bibi, in her 60s

Musa Vali Suleman Patel, 60

Abdelfattah Qasem, 60

Ashraf Ali, 61

Mohsin Al-Harbi, 63

Linda Armstrong, 65

Maheboob Khokhar, 65

Muhammed Abdusi Samad, 66

Ali Elmadani, 66

Mounir Soliman, 68

Ahmad Gamaluddin Abdel Ghani, 68

Hussein Moustafa, 70

Abdukadir Elmi, 70

Haji-Daoud Nabi, 71

Still Missing:

Zakaria Bhuiyan

Mr Lateef said he was ‘very pleased’ with a Maori cleansing of the land and blessing, which was held at the mosque on Monday morning.

The ceremony, known as a karakia, is regularly held after tragic deaths and was organised by the staff of New Zealand deputy police commissioner Wallace Haumaha.

Mr Haumaha said the process was much like an indigenous Australian cultural ritual.

‘It’s important to have that cleansing,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.

‘We use it … to ensure we have cleansed all the evilness – not so much evilness, but everything left behind by those deaths, to allow the living to move on.’

It came after a Maori gang earlier performed a touching haka during a memorial at the Al Noor mosque on the other side of Christchurch.

Around ten members of Black Power, which was first formed in 1970, gathered near the police cordon at the mosque to perform the ceremonial dance on Sunday.

The death toll from the terror attack has risen to 50, with new details about the innocent victims continuing to emerge.

They include, Junaid Ismail, 36, who left behind a wife, three young children and a mother who relied on him to care for her.

Another, Ansi Alibava, 25, was eagerly awaiting her graduation ceremony from her masters degree in May, while Hussein Al-Umari, 36, was a regular at the Masjid Al Noor mosque.

Ozair Kadir (pictured), 24, was a student pilot at the International Aviation Academy of New Zealand and had been in Christchurch for just a year when he was killed on Friday

Syed Jahandad Ali, 43, from Pakistan was one of the 50 victims killed in the terror attack in Christchurch on Friday

Maheboob Allarakha Khokhar (left), 65, who was due to return to India on Sunday after visiting his son in Christchurch and Husna Ara Parvin (right), who was reportedly gunned down as she tried to save her quadriplegic husband from the shooter

Ashraf Ali (pictured) a respected imam at the Masjid Al Noor mosque who was originally from Fiji, is also thought to be among the dead

Also among the dead is Tariq Omar, 24, who is remembered for his kind and humble nature and was a former student of Cashmere High School in Christchurch.

Kamel Darwish, 38, who moved to Christchurch from Jordan six months ago and was awaiting the arrival of his wife and three children – was convinced to go to New Zealand by his brother, who had lived there since 2007 and said it was a ‘safe place to raise a family’.

Sixty-year-old Abdelfattah Qasem, from Palestine, was also killed on Friday at the Masjid Al Noor mosque – he was the Muslim Association of Canterbury’s former secretary.

Another among the dead is Musa Vali Suleman Patel, 60, who was visiting Christchurch to see his son and was a highly respected leader of the Fiji Muslim League – he left behind his wife Saira Bibi Patel, three daughters and two sons.

Ramiz Arifbhai Vora, 28, and his father Arifbhai Mohamedali Vora, 58, were both shot dead on Friday.

The 28-year-old lived and worked in Christchurch and had a baby daughter a week before he was killed in the vicious attack – his father was visiting him from India at the time.

Syed Areeb Ahmed (pictured), 26, from Karachi, Pakistan lost his life in the horrific shooting attacks in Christchurch on Friday

Linda Armstrong (left), 65, and Tariq Omar, 24, were also brutally killed by the shooter on Friday in Christchurch

Sixty-year-old Abdelfattah Qasem from Palestine was also killed on Friday at the Masjid Al Noor mosque – he was the Muslim Association of Canterbury’s former secretary

Ali Elmadani (right), 65, was a retired engineer who immigrated to New Zealand in 1998. Sohail Shahid (left), from Pakistan was also killed

Ozair Kadir, 24, was a student pilot at the International Aviation Academy of New Zealand and had been in Christchurch for just a year when he was killed on Friday.

Another among the victims is Maheboob Allarakha Khokhar, 65, who was due to return to India on Sunday after visiting his son in Christchurch.

Four-year-old Abdullahi Dirie was also named among the dead after both he and his father Adan were shot at one of the mosques, while four of his siblings escaped unhamed.

Abdullah’s family fled Somalia in the 1990s and made New Zealand their home, he was the youngest in his family.

Before he was brutally killed, Amjad Hamid, 57, was a senior Medical Officer and Rural Hospital Consultant at Hawera Hospital who has been remembered for his kindness, compassion and sense of humour.

National-level futsal player Atta Elayyan (right) was reportedly killed on Friday. He is being remembered as an ‘inspiration’

A recently identified victim is 38-year-old Kamel Darwish who moved to New Zealand from Jordan six months ago (pictured)

Ramiz Arifbhai Vora (left), 28, and his father Arifbhai Mohamedali Vora (right), 58, were both shot dead by the gunman on Friday.

Mohammed Omar Faruk (pictured), 36, from Bangladesh was shot dead on Friday at the mosque attacks in Christchurch

Another among the victims is Mounir Soliman, 68, from Egypt who was a design engineer working at Scotts Engineering in Christchurch since 1997.

Zeehan Raza, 38, is also among those killed and was a mechanical engineer who moved to New Zealand from Pakistan in 2018 – both he and his parents Ghulam Hussain and Karam Bibi, were killed at the Linwood Masjid mosque.

Another believed to be among the dead is Bangladeshi Husna Parvin, who was reportedly gunned down as she tried to save her wheelchair-bound quadriplegic husband from the shooter.

Three-year-old Mucad Ibrahim died in the arms of his father and brother, who only survived because he played dead.

Mucad Ibrahim was attending Friday prayers with his father and older brother Abdi Ibrahim when a gunman stormed the al Noor mosque in Christchurch and opened fire on the worshippers.

It’s believed that at the time of the horrific attack, Mucad ran from the gunman while his father and brother played dead.

Tarrant dismissed his lawyer on Monday morning and now plans to represent himself in future court proceedings.

Richard Peters said the gunman had informed him he wanted to represent himself as his case heads to a trial.

Ansi Alibava (pictured) came to New Zealand to pursue a Master of Agribusiness Management at Lincoln University

Lilik Abdul Hamid, 58, from Medan, Indonesia (pictured), who died in the mosque left behind two children

Three-year-old Mucad Ibrahim (left) was also named among the dead after he passed away in the arms of his father and brother, who only survived because he played dead. Cardiologist Amjad Hamid (right) was mowed down after moving to New Zealand 23 years ago because he wanted a better future for himself and his wife

Haji Daoud Nabi (pictured), 71, a father-of-five and retired engineer, moved to New Zealand from Afghanistan in 1977 and set up a new life as one of the ‘first Muslims in New Zealand��. He is thought to be among the dead in the Christchurch shooting

Khaled Mustafa (pictured) arrived in New Zealand only a few months ago from Syria with his family, his son Hamza, 16 also died

Osama Adnan Abu Kwik, 37, from Palestine (pictured) was in the process of applying for New Zealand citizenship when he was killed

Mojammel Hoq, 30, from Bangladesh (left) and Musa Vali Suleman Patel, 60, from Fiji (right) also died in the shooting on Friday

Talha Naeem, 21, (pictured) was shot at the Masjid Al Noor in Deans Ave, his father was also killed on Friday

Hussein Al-Umari, 35, (pictured) was a regular at the Masjid Al Noor in Deans Ave, Christchurch, where he was killed

Muhammed Abdusi Samad, 66, from Bangladesh (pictured) was a lecturer at Lincoln University and frequently led prayers at the Masjid Al Noor in Deans Ave

Mr Peters said while the decision may seem irrational, Tarrant appeared to be ‘clear and lucid’, and did not appear to be mentally unstable.

Tarrant never told him why he wanted to represent himself, but Mr Peters said he ‘presumes the basis for that is that he thinks the job would be done better himself’.

The shock decision has raised concerns Tarrant will use what will be a high-profile murder trial as a platform to spread hate and vile anti-Muslim rhetoric.

‘I suspect that he won’t shy away from publicity, and that will probably be the way he runs the trial. The job of the trial judge will be to deal with that,’ Mr Peters said.

‘But it’s not a place for any views to be put forward. It’s simply there to determine innocence or guilt.

‘The court is not going to be very sympathetic to him if he wants to use the trial to express his own views.’

Tarrant is currently facing one charge of murder, but more charges are expected to be laid in the coming days.

The 28-year-old who grew up in Grafton, in regional New South Wales, live-streamed his alleged attack on Facebook.

He did not apply for bail or for his name to be suppressed during a brief appearance in court on Saturday, and is expected to front the High Court on April 5.

Naeem Rashid (pictured), from Abbottabad in Pakistan, was hailed a hero after he tried to wrestle the gun from the Christchurch shooter on Friday. But he was badly wounded after sadly died later in hospital

Cashmere High School student Sayyad Milne (pictured), 14, who was at Friday prayers when the shooting started, is believed to be dead. Although it’s not been officially confirmed, his father has spoken of his loss

Dr Haroon Mahmood (pictured) leaves a wife and two children aged 13 and 11

A spokesman for Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that five Pakistani citizens are missing (pictured missing person Syed Jahandad Ali)

At least one Jordanian was killed in the attacks and two are critical among the eight injured, Jordan’s Foreign Ministry announced

A woman (pictured) was seen distressed outside a community center near Masjid Al Noor in Christchurch, and said her husband has been missing since Friday’s mosque attack

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Inside Brenton Tarrants Dunedin lair where he planned his massacre

The Dunedin home where accused terrorist Brenton Tarrant allegedly planned his massacre and wrote his sickening manifesto is a modest rental house with sparse furnishings.

Police descended on the Anderson’s Bay property, located four-and-half hours south of Christchurch, hours after the shooting Friday night, as nearby residents were evacuated.

Tarrant, 28, had rented the $280 per week house for the last two years, and must have been planning to move out as the place was currently being advertised.

A couple who live in the apartment adjacent to Tarrant’s home told Daily Mail Australia he was a ‘loner’ who never had visitors, but his rampage came as a complete shock to them.

The pair were barred from entering their home until Saturday evening, after authorities had conducted a thorough search of the 28-year-old gunman’s home.

A neighbour said Tarrant never had anyone over his one-bedroom apartment, and had never drawn attention to himself.

A killer’s lair: This is the one-bedroom apartment where suspected mass murderer Brenton Tarrant planned his massacre and wrote his chilling 73-page manifesto

Neighbours described Tarrant as a ‘lovely guy’ but admitted they did not know much about him. Pictured above is the killer’s kitchen

Tarrant reportedly never had guests or visitors at his one-bedroom apartment and often kept to himself

Tarrant, an Australian national who moved to New Zealand years ago, admitted his plans for his attack in a chilling 73-page manifesto in which he revealed he had been inspired by previous mass murderers

Photos obtained by Daily Mail Australia show the interior of the nondescript home which cost $280 per week, according to a listing.

The neighbour said she and and her partner had a few friendly interactions with the Australian man, but did not know much about him.

‘We’ve got family up in Christchurch, so we were calling them (to see if they were okay) and then suddenly they’re calling us to say our house was on the news,’ she said.

Another neighbour said he had also never seen anyone coming or going from Tarrant’s home, but said the self-confessed terrorist had always given him a smile and a wave in passing.

The horrific event has left residents of Somerville Street in shock, with one remarking it had helped him meet a lot of his neighbours.

Police remained at the house well into Saturday morning, with one officer telling Daily Mail Australia authorities were guarding the home 24 hours a day to keep the scene secure.

Photos obtained by Daily Mail Australia show the interior of the nondescript apartment which cost $280 per week, according to a listing

The horrific event has left residents of Somerville Street in shock

Police swarmed the home on Friday hours after Tarrant recorded himself gunning down dozens of innocent victims at a Christchurch mosque

Police remained at the house well into Saturday morning, with one officer telling Daily Mail Australia authorities were guarding the home 24 hours a day to keep the scene secure

Overnight, officers were seen standing out the front, armed with large guns, while on Saturday morning they could be seen inside the weatherboard home.

VICTIMS OF THE NEW ZEALAND MOSQUE MASSACRES

As of 3am AEDT Sunday

Mucad Ibrahim, 3

Abdullahi Dirie, 4

Sayyad Milne, 14

Khaled Mustafa and his son Hamza, 16

Naeem Rashid and his son Talha, 21

Ansi Karippakulam Alibava, 25

Atta Elayyan, 33

Dr Haroon Mahmood, 40

Husne Ara Parvin, 42

Mohammad Imran Kahn, 47

Amjad Hamid, 57

Linda Armstrong, 65

Haji-Daoud Nabi, 71

Lilik Abdul Hamid, unknown age

Ashraf Ali, unknown age

Still missing:

Vora Ramiz, 28

Farhaj Ahsan, 30

Mojammel Hoq, 30

Abdelfattah Qasem, 59

Ali Elmadani, 66

Syed Jahandad Ali, 34

Hussain Al-Umari, 36

Osama Adnan, 37

Kamel Darwish, 39

Tarrant is suspected of killing at least 50 Muslim worshipers during Friday prayer at Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch and livestreaming the massacre online.

The man said he initially planned to carry out the attack at the Al Huda mosque in Dunedin, the only mosque in the city, but later targeted the two mosques in Christchurch because they had ‘far more invaders.’

Fifteen victims have been identified by their family members while a further 60 people remain on the official missing persons list.

Among those confirmed dead are Palestinian surgeon Dr Amjad Hamid, 57, who had moved to New Zealand with his wife for a better life, and Kuwait futsal goalkeeper Atta Elayyan, 33, who had recently become a father.

Three-year-old Mucad Ibrahim was also named among the dead after he passed away in the arms of his father and older brother Abdi Ibrahim, who only survived because he played dead.

Haji Daoud Nabi, 71, Naeem Rashid and his 21-year-old son Talha are among those now named.

Bangladeshi Husna Parvin, is among those feared dead after she was reportedly gunned down as she tried to save her wheelchair-bound quadriplegic husband from the shooter.

Abdul Hamid, Khaled Haj Musatafa and Ashraf Ali also among those thought to be dead.

On Sunday, a rainbow of bright flowers, teddy bears, balloons and signs line the fence of the Al Huda mosque.

On the footpath, colourful chalk spell out messages of support, with some quoting bible verses, others writing ‘you are not alone’ and one person memorialising the man who had opened the door at the Al Noor mosque on Friday afternoon.

National-level futsal player Atta Elayyan (right) was reportedly killed on Friday. He is being remembered as an ‘inspiration’

Haji Daoud Nabi (pictured left), 71, a father-of-five and retired engineer, moved to New Zealand from Afghanistan in 1977 and set up a new life as one of the ‘first Muslims in New Zealand’. He is thought to be among the dead. Naeem Rashid (right), from Abbottabad in Pakistan, was hailed a hero after he tried to wrestle the gun from the Christchurch shooter on Friday. But he was badly wounded after sadly died later in hospital

Locals said the flowers had begun flowing in about 9am on Saturday morning, and most of the tributes stuck to the fence had appeared overnight.

‘Hello brother’, they wrote above a love heart. ‘we stand together’.

Another wrote a letter apologising for the atrocities that had taken place. ‘I am so sorry to let you down,’ it read.

‘This is your country. We will do better for you. Kia Kaha (stay strong)’

Police look on as locals lay flowers and condolences at the Huda Mosque in tribute to those killed and injured on Friday’s shooting, outside the Al Huda Mosque

On Sunday, a rainbow of bright flowers, teddy bears, balloons and signs line the fence of the Al Huda mosque

The footpath was flooded with heartfelt messages written in chalk, with some reading ‘Kia Kaha,’ meaning,’ Stay strong’

Locals said the flowers had begun flowing in about 9am on Saturday morning, and most of the tributes stuck to the fence had appeared overnight

On the fence was an all blacks flag, a new Zealand flag and a string of others, including Australia’s.

‘It’s a shock to everyone. This isn’t what we are all about,’ a policeman who arrived at the mosque on Sunday morning said.

Armed police are guarding tarrants house in Anderson bay 24 hours a day, not wanting to take any chances.

About 1am, two officers were seen standing in the garden outside the darkened home, both holding large guns.

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