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FILE - In this March 17, 2019, file photo, a police officer stands guard in front of the Masjid Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, where one of two mass shootings occurred. A comprehensive report released Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020 into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers were slaughtered sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as he planned out his attack. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Report finds lapses ahead of New Zealand mosque attack

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Officers who stopped Christchurch shooting suspect get award

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 14, 2019, file courtroom drawing, Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques, appears via video link at the Christchurch District Court, from the maximum security prison in Auckland where he's being held, Christchurch, New Zealand. Tarrant has abandoned his bid to move the trial to another city. The unexpected development on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 was welcomed by survivors and grieving relatives of the March 15 attacks, who had worried they would have had to travel to Auckland to appear as witnesses or watch the proceedings. (AP Photo/Stephanie McEwin, File)

New Zealand mosque shooting suspect drops bid to move trial

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2019, file courtroom drawing, Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques on March 15, 2019, appears via video link at the Christchurch District Court, from the maximum-security prison in Auckland where he's being held, Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand officials admitted Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, that they made a mistake by allowing Tarrant to send a hand-written letter from his prison cell. (AP Photo/Stephanie McEwin, File)

Alleged Christchurch gunman sends letter from prison cell

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Defense lawyers for Brenton Tarrant, Jonathon Hudson, left, and Shane Tait arrive at the Christchurch District Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019. The trial of the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques could be delayed by several weeks next year to avoid beginning during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Trial of accused Christchurch mosque shooter may be delayed

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this June 14, 2019, file courtroom drawing, Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques on March 15, 2019, appears via video link at the Christchurch District Court, from the maximum-security prison in Auckland where he's being held, Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand officials admitted Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, that they made a mistake by allowing Tarrant to send a hand-written letter from his prison cell. (AP Photo/Stephanie McEwin, File)

New Zealand shooting suspect loses mail privileges after ‘hateful’ letter from prison lands online

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this courtroom drawing, Brenton Tarrant, the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques on March 15, 2019 appears via video link at the Christchurch District Court, from the maximum security prison in Auckland where he's being held, Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, June 14, 2019. Tarrant pleaded not guilty to all the charges filed against him. (AP Photo/Stephanie McEwin)

Man accused in New Zealand mosque killings pleads not guilty

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 17, 2019, file photo, a police officer stands guard in front of the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealand's major media organizations pledged Wednesday, May 1, 2019, not to promote white supremacist ideology when covering the trial of the man charged with killing 50 people at two mosques.(AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

New Zealand media to avoid ideology at mosque shooting trial

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

Mourners carry the casket of Syed Areeb Ahmed, a victim of the Christchurch mosque shootings, during his funeral in Karachi, Pakistan, Monday, March 25, 2019. Ahmed was among nine Pakistanis who were killed on March 15 when a white supremacist shot people inside two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)

Austrian far-right activist probed over ties to NZ suspect

By FRANK JORDANS - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 18, 2019, file photo, a student lights candle during a vigil to commemorate victims of March 15 shooting, outside the Al Noor mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. New Zealanders are debating the limits of free speech after their chief censor banned a 74-page manifesto written by a man accused of massacring 50 people at two mosques. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Banning of manifesto raises free speech debate in N. Zealand

By NICK PERRY - Associated Press

In this Saturday, March 16, 2019, file photo, flowers lay at a memorial near the Masjid Al Noor mosque for victims in last week's shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. The leafy New Zealand city where a self-proclaimed racist fatally shot 50 people at mosques during Friday prayers is known for its picturesque meandering river and English heritage. For decades, the southern city of Christchurch also has been the center of the country's small but persistent white supremacist movement. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Christchurch harbored white supremacists before massacre

By Stephen Wright - Associated Press

FILE - This undated file photo supplied by Abdi Ibrahim, shows his 3-year-old brother, Mucaad Ibrahim, the youngest known victim of the March 15, 2019, mass shooting in Christchurch, New Zealand. Mucaad Ibrahim had big brown eyes and always seemed to be laughing. In some ways, a friend says, he seemed like an old soul. He had an intelligence beyond his years. And he loved watching his big brother play soccer. (Abdi Ibrahim via AP, File)

New Zealand’s darkest day: 36 minutes of terror

By NICK PERRY and KRISTEN GELINEAU and JULIET WILLIAMS - Associated Press

This frame from the video that was live-streamed Friday, March 15, 2019, shows a gunman, who used the name Brenton Tarrant on social media, in a car before the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. Those who watched Brenton Tarrant growing up in the sleepy Australian country town of Grafton apparently had no inkling of the evil potential that he allegedly unleashed in merciless gunfire in two New Zealand mosques that claimed at least 49 lives. (Shooter's Video via AP)

Brenton Tarrant, Christchurch, New Zealand mosque shooting suspect, entranced by religious conflicts

By Jovana Gec - Associated Press

Religious representatives perform a special blessing ceremony on the site of Friday's shooting outside the Linwood mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, Monday, March 18, 2019. Three days after Friday's attack, New Zealand's deadliest shooting in modern history, relatives were anxiously waiting for word on when they can bury their loved ones. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

The Latest: Spy agency says no threats ahead of massacre

Associated Press

This frame from the video that was live-streamed Friday, March 15, 2019, shows a gunman, who used the name Brenton Tarrant on social media, in a car before the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. Those who watched Brenton Tarrant growing up in the sleepy Australian country town of Grafton apparently had no inkling of the evil potential that he allegedly unleashed in merciless gunfire in two New Zealand mosques that claimed at least 49 lives. (Shooter's Video via AP)

Brenton Tarrant, New Zealand mosque shooting suspect, fires lawyer: Report

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

This frame from the video that was live-streamed Friday, March 15, 2019, shows a gunman, who used the name Brenton Tarrant on social media, in a car before the mosque shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand. Those who watched Brenton Tarrant growing up in the sleepy Australian country town of Grafton apparently had no inkling of the evil potential that he allegedly unleashed in merciless gunfire in two New Zealand mosques that claimed at least 49 lives. (Shooter's Video via AP)

Alleged Christchurch gunman’s actions stun hometown

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A demonstrator holding a photo from one of the scenes of the mosque attacks in New Zealand, participates in a protest in Istanbul, Friday, March 15, 2019. World leaders expressed condolences and condemnation Friday following the deadly attacks on mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, while Muslim leaders said the mass shooting was evidence of a rising tide of violent anti-Islam sentiment. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

New Zealand gunman entranced with Ottoman sites in Europe

By JOVANA GEC - Associated Press

This image taken from the alleged shooters video, which was filmed Friday, March 15, 2019, shows him as he drives and he looks over to three guns on the passenger side of his vehicle in New Zealand. A witness says many people have been killed in a mass shooting at a mosque in the New Zealand city of Christchurch. Police have not described the scale of the shooting but urged people to stay indoors. (AP Photo)

Brenton Tarrant, New Zealand mosque shooter, used Facebook Live record attack

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times