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The Irish Sun
an hour ago
- The Irish Sun
Chilling property ad inadvertently reveals haunting lost terror clues linked to massacre of 51 people
A PROPERTY listing has inadvertently revealed haunting lost terror clues linked to the massacre of 51 people in New Zealand. In 2019, Advertisement 8 A property listing has inadvertently revealed haunting lost terror clues Credit: 8 Investigative journalist Joey Watson discovered that this apartment was the place Tarrant resided before he launched the heinous attack Credit: 8 Tarrant was sentenced for the terror attack Credit: AP Australian Tarrant targeted Muslim communities, The terrorist during the shooting rampage. Graphic footage of the attack was live-streamed on Facebook via a headcam he was wearing. Tarrant told police officers that it was his plan to burn down the mosques after his attack - and that he wished he'd done so. Advertisement read more news The terrorist was sentenced in August 2020 and will spend the rest of his life locked up. Now over six years on, a property listing has revealed harrowing clues linked to the massacre. Investigative journalist Joey Watson discovered that the apartment on the real estate website was where Tarrant lived before he launched the heinous attack. The property listing appears normal initially, with a fairly desolate kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. Advertisement Most read in The US Sun But pictured on the desk in the study is a computer, logged in, with the screen completely visible. Watson observed on the desktop home screen a saved Word document thought to be Tarrant's 74-page manifesto he wrote released before the massacre. Moment suspected 'terrorist' arrested after killing one and injuring 5 in horror knife rampage In the manifesto, Tarrant described how he'd been preparing for the attack since his trip to Europe two years prior. During his visit to France, he'd described a town in Eastern France as a "cursed place", calling immigrants "invaders". Advertisement The author of the disturbing manifesto said he was inspired by The computer's background image also bears haunting clues linked to the attack, as it shows a painting from the 1860s called Among the Sierra Nevada by Albert Bierstadt. This painting is said to have reached popularity with extremists on dark internet sites visited by terrorists, Watson explained on his podcast Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor. The bombshell discovery comes years after New Zealand Police said it had never recovered the terrorist's computer. Advertisement Journalist Watson even downloaded the image and discovered it had been taken on March 4, 2019 - 11 days before the tragedy. Two other icons on the homescreen were spotted - an anonymity browser often used to access the dark web called Tor, as well as a software called Eraser that permanently deletes files. 8 Initially, it seems like a normal property listing, with a kitchen, bathroom, and rooms with barely any furniture Credit: 8 On a desk in the study is a computer, still logged in, with the screen completely visible Credit: Advertisement 8 The terrorist was sentenced in August 2020 Credit: Discord - a messaging app created for gamers - was also seen on the listing by Watson installed on the computer. The app had been used in the past by an international community of neo-Nazi groups which became collectively known as the Skull Mask network, according to Watson. Skull Mask is said to have emerged from an extremist forum called Iron March. Advertisement Watson revealed how terrorist Tarrant was connected to such networks and posted on extremist groups. The Christchurch massacre The devastating attack at the Masjid Al Noor Mosque and the nearby Linwood Masjid took place at around 1.40pm on Friday, March 14, 2019. The gunman opened fire on the two mosques, targeting worshippers inside. He then returned to his car to pick up another weapon and resumed firing inside. Advertisement He then shot two more people outside the Linwood Islamic Centre. Tarrant reportedly had been on a after his dad Rodney Tarrant died of cancer aged 49 . The attack prompted New Zealand to Advertisement "I did not attend university as I had no great interest in anything offered in the universities to study.' 8 Brenton Harrison Tarrant appears in a screen via video link in Christchurch, New Zealand Credit: AP 8 Tarrant seen during his sentencing at the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand Credit: Reuters Advertisement
Scottish Sun
an hour ago
- Scottish Sun
Chilling property ad inadvertently reveals haunting lost terror clues linked to massacre of 51 people
A PROPERTY listing has inadvertently revealed haunting lost terror clues linked to the massacre of 51 people in New Zealand. In 2019, white supremacist Brenton Tarrant, now 34, opened fire on two mosques in Christchurch, heinously targeting worshippers inside. 8 A property listing has inadvertently revealed haunting lost terror clues Credit: 8 Investigative journalist Joey Watson discovered that this apartment was the place Tarrant resided before he launched the heinous attack Credit: 8 Tarrant was sentenced for the terror attack Credit: AP Australian Tarrant targeted Muslim communities, shooting at Al Noor mosque and Linwood mosque in March that year. The terrorist pleaded guilty to 51 murders, 40 attempted murders and one charge of committing a terrorist act during the shooting rampage. Graphic footage of the attack was live-streamed on Facebook via a headcam he was wearing. Tarrant told police officers that it was his plan to burn down the mosques after his attack - and that he wished he'd done so. The terrorist was sentenced in August 2020 and will spend the rest of his life locked up. Now over six years on, a property listing has revealed harrowing clues linked to the massacre. Investigative journalist Joey Watson discovered that the apartment on the real estate website was where Tarrant lived before he launched the heinous attack. The property listing appears normal initially, with a fairly desolate kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. But pictured on the desk in the study is a computer, logged in, with the screen completely visible. Watson observed on the desktop home screen a saved Word document thought to be Tarrant's 74-page manifesto he wrote released before the massacre. Moment suspected 'terrorist' arrested after killing one and injuring 5 in horror knife rampage In the manifesto, Tarrant described how he'd been preparing for the attack since his trip to Europe two years prior. During his visit to France, he'd described a town in Eastern France as a "cursed place", calling immigrants "invaders". The author of the disturbing manifesto said he was inspired by Anders Breivik - the far-right terrorist who killed 69 children of a Workers' Youth League on the island of Utøya in Norway in 2011. The computer's background image also bears haunting clues linked to the attack, as it shows a painting from the 1860s called Among the Sierra Nevada by Albert Bierstadt. This painting is said to have reached popularity with extremists on dark internet sites visited by terrorists, Watson explained on his podcast Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor. The bombshell discovery comes years after New Zealand Police said it had never recovered the terrorist's computer. Journalist Watson even downloaded the image and discovered it had been taken on March 4, 2019 - 11 days before the tragedy. Two other icons on the homescreen were spotted - an anonymity browser often used to access the dark web called Tor, as well as a software called Eraser that permanently deletes files. 8 Initially, it seems like a normal property listing, with a kitchen, bathroom, and rooms with barely any furniture Credit: 8 On a desk in the study is a computer, still logged in, with the screen completely visible Credit: 8 The terrorist was sentenced in August 2020 Credit: Discord - a messaging app created for gamers - was also seen on the listing by Watson installed on the computer. The app had been used in the past by an international community of neo-Nazi groups which became collectively known as the Skull Mask network, according to Watson. Skull Mask is said to have emerged from an extremist forum called Iron March. Watson revealed how terrorist Tarrant was connected to such networks and posted on extremist groups. The Christchurch massacre The devastating attack at the Masjid Al Noor Mosque and the nearby Linwood Masjid took place at around 1.40pm on Friday, March 14, 2019. The gunman opened fire on the two mosques, targeting worshippers inside. He then returned to his car to pick up another weapon and resumed firing inside. He then shot two more people outside the Linwood Islamic Centre. Tarrant reportedly had been on a seven-year trip around the world before the attack after his dad Rodney Tarrant died of cancer aged 49. The attack prompted New Zealand to reform its gun laws - banning military-style semi-automatic weapons. His grandmother told news outlet 9News that she believed these travels changed him, saying: "It's only since he travelled overseas I think that boy has changed completely to the boy we knew". In his manifesto which he posted online before the attack, he said: "I had little interest in education. "I did not attend university as I had no great interest in anything offered in the universities to study.' 8 Brenton Harrison Tarrant appears in a screen via video link in Christchurch, New Zealand Credit: AP
Otago Daily Times
a day ago
- Otago Daily Times
Christchurch mosque shootings: Questions raised over lone wolf theory
A new investigation into the Christchurch Mosque shooting delves into the terrorist's radicalisation, exposing the violent ideology he harboured for years before the 2019 massacre. Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant murdered 51 worshippers and injured dozens more after opening fire on Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre on March 15, 2019. In the six-part podcast, Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor, investigative journalist Joey Watson traces Tarrant's descent into extremism and questions if he truly acted alone. Watson said his reporting had shone a light on Tarrant's proclivity for violence as early as 2015. Watson utilised a trove of posts made by the terrorist across several websites, which identified a clear shift in his thinking between the middle of 2014 and 2015. Tarrant's messages shifted from detailing his extensive travel plans to celebrations of and calls for violence. In June 2015, a white supremacist terrorist shot and killed nine people during a bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the oldest black church in the southern United States. Days after the massacre, Tarrant - while travelling overseas - posted online in support of the terrorist's attack and his white supremacist worldview. "Violence is the last resort of a cornered animal. It was always going to come to this," Tarrant wrote. The post to the 4chan message board was among those unearthed by University of Auckland researchers last year. This period also marked his online use of user names referencing extremist ideology, Watson said. Even then, almost four years before the attack on Christchurch, Tarrant was demonstrating his extreme nativist worldview and support for violent ends, Watson said. "The more I read, the more elaborate his ideology starts to look," the journalist said in the podcast. "Tarrant is hoping the attack on a church will trigger a chain of reactions that will descend into outright war." Tarrant had called for further attacks at that time. Watson also spoke to sources around the world, who suggested Tarrant might have had connections to an international neo-Nazi network. Tarrant was asked to join the Lads Society, an Australian white nationalist and Islamophobic extremist group, in 2017. Following Tarrant's attack in Christchurch, the group's members posted to a closed social media channel. Some celebrated the attack, others questioned if it was a false flag, possibly to restrict firearms access in New Zealand. "This one's not a false flag. Take my word for it," the group's founder Thomas Sewell said. "He seems to know more than the others," another member replied. "What do you mean, take my word for it. That almost sounds like you know the cobber." Sewell then responded - Tarrant had "been in the scene for a while". Sewell later compared Tarrant to Nelson Mandela, saying he would be imprisoned until "we win the revolution". Tarrant had also posted menacing messages on the social media page of a pre-cursor group of the Lads Society. Watson also travelled to Austria, Bulgaria and Serbia to examine Tarrant's possible links to extremists in those countries. Watson spoke to a source with intelligence connections in Bulgaria who said Tarrant had spent time with "migrant hunter" groups on the border with Turkey. "The theory that Tarrant might have been in contact and possibly trained with these migrant hunter groups painted a whole different picture of what he was doing in this part of the world," Watson said in episode four. "This was a direct contradiction of the long-held narrative about Tarrant - that he was alone." Whether Tarrant was physically part of such groups or not, he was clearly part of an online white nationalist ecosystem. It demonstrated "how interconnected the world of the far right had become, how groups were organising across borders, mobilising around shared goals", Watson said. "People who carried out attacks alone were often tapping into a global network." In that sense, Tarrant was far from a lone actor, Watson concluded. "After spending the last two years retracing the steps of the terrorist, it's clear he had deep-rooted ties to far-right extremism. This was arguably the biggest news story in Australia in the last 10 years, and there was so much we missed." The podcast is exclusively found on LiSTNR.
Otago Daily Times
a day ago
- Otago Daily Times
Mosque shootings: Podcast questions lone wolf theory
A new investigation into the Christchurch Mosque shooting delves into the terrorist's radicalisation, exposing the violent ideology he harboured for years before the 2019 massacre. Australian terrorist Brenton Tarrant murdered 51 worshippers and injured dozens more after opening fire on Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre on March 15, 2019. In the six-part podcast, Secrets We Keep: Lone Actor, investigative journalist Joey Watson traces Tarrant's descent into extremism and questions if he truly acted alone. Watson said his reporting had shone a light on Tarrant's proclivity for violence as early as 2015. Watson utilised a trove of posts made by the terrorist across several websites, which identified a clear shift in his thinking between the middle of 2014 and 2015. Tarrant's messages shifted from detailing his extensive travel plans to celebrations of and calls for violence. In June 2015, a white supremacist terrorist shot and killed nine people during a bible study at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina. It was the oldest black church in the southern United States. Days after the massacre, Tarrant - while travelling overseas - posted online in support of the terrorist's attack and his white supremacist worldview. "Violence is the last resort of a cornered animal. It was always going to come to this," Tarrant wrote. The post to the 4chan message board was among those unearthed by University of Auckland researchers last year. This period also marked his online use of user names referencing extremist ideology, Watson said. Even then, almost four years before the attack on Christchurch, Tarrant was demonstrating his extreme nativist worldview and support for violent ends, Watson said. "The more I read, the more elaborate his ideology starts to look," the journalist said in the podcast. "Tarrant is hoping the attack on a church will trigger a chain of reactions that will descend into outright war." Tarrant had called for further attacks at that time. Watson also spoke to sources around the world, who suggested Tarrant might have had connections to an international neo-Nazi network. Tarrant was asked to join the Lads Society, an Australian white nationalist and Islamophobic extremist group, in 2017. Following Tarrant's attack in Christchurch, the group's members posted to a closed social media channel. Some celebrated the attack, others questioned if it was a false flag, possibly to restrict firearms access in New Zealand. "This one's not a false flag. Take my word for it," the group's founder Thomas Sewell said. "He seems to know more than the others," another member replied. "What do you mean, take my word for it. That almost sounds like you know the cobber." Sewell then responded - Tarrant had "been in the scene for a while". Sewell later compared Tarrant to Nelson Mandela, saying he would be imprisoned until "we win the revolution". Tarrant had also posted menacing messages on the social media page of a pre-cursor group of the Lads Society. Watson also travelled to Austria, Bulgaria and Serbia to examine Tarrant's possible links to extremists in those countries. Watson spoke to a source with intelligence connections in Bulgaria who said Tarrant had spent time with "migrant hunter" groups on the border with Turkey. "The theory that Tarrant might have been in contact and possibly trained with these migrant hunter groups painted a whole different picture of what he was doing in this part of the world," Watson said in episode four. "This was a direct contradiction of the long-held narrative about Tarrant - that he was alone." Whether Tarrant was physically part of such groups or not, he was clearly part of an online white nationalist ecosystem. It demonstrated "how interconnected the world of the far right had become, how groups were organising across borders, mobilising around shared goals", Watson said. "People who carried out attacks alone were often tapping into a global network." In that sense, Tarrant was far from a lone actor, Watson concluded. "After spending the last two years retracing the steps of the terrorist, it's clear he had deep-rooted ties to far-right extremism. This was arguably the biggest news story in Australia in the last 10 years, and there was so much we missed." The podcast is exclusively found on LiSTNR.
Edinburgh Live
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Edinburgh Live
Chris Tarrant unleashes brutal three-word jibe at Phillip Schofield after TV return
Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info Chris Tarrant has lashed out at Phillip Schofield, highlighting a "nasty little trick" employed by various television hosts. The ex-Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? presenter expressed disdain for Schofield's attempt to win back public affection following last year's notorious Castaway escapade, where he sequestered himself on an isolated island to rehabilitate his sullied reputation. Tarrant was distinctly unimpressed with Schofield's actions post-scandal, following the revelation of an affair with a younger male colleague while still being a fixture on This Morning. Voicing his displeasure, he commented: "There was not a hint of apology or even a, 'Maybe I got things wrong'. Christ Almighty, " he erupted. According to Tarrant, Schofield completely "lost the plot" after enjoying prolonged success, remarking: "He was the most over-exposed man on television - maybe only Terry Wogan came close. But Terry was on constantly because he was brilliant, funny, sharp as anything. I adored him." In clear contrast, Tarrant is rather scornful when discussing Schofield's allure. Speaking to The Telegraph, he said: "'Safe pair of hands', they used to say. But honestly - did anyone ever rush home shouting, 'Quick, it's nearly eight o'clock, I must see the safe pair of hands!'? Dear oh dear," reports the Express. (Image: Getty) Tarrant didn't hold back in his critique of Schofield's previous TV ventures either, stating: "Dancing On Ice, The Cube, all of it - mostly c--p." Tarrant, who kicked off his career on the airwaves, believes radio is filled with "much nicer people" compared to the television industry. "On television, you can get away with murder if you've got a smile and a nice suit for 13 weeks a year," he remarked. "But some of them - and I do know a few - are all charm on-screen, then scream their heads off behind the scenes. It's a nasty little trick that only works for so long." The veteran host, whose TV tenure spanned 52 years, is renowned for his stint on Tiswas from 1974 to 1981 and as the face of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? from 1998 to 2014. (Image: ITV) In recent years, particularly post-pandemic, Tarrant has been notably absent from regular television appearances. In conversation with MailOnline, Tarrant reflected: "52 years is a long time on air. I loved what I did. I had a really good time. "But I went to the funerals of five really good mates, who were about the same age as me, and I thought, 'I don't know how long I've got left in life, but I don't want to spend it locked away in a studio'." He also shared with MailOnline that a mini-stroke in 2014 almost prompted him to quit TV, as it led to him requiring speech therapy. Confiding in MailOnline, Tarrant disclosed: "I had a lucky escape. I can chat to you now, [my body] is working. But I did have to have speech therapy. It took a while to get everything back. It was scary."
