Christchurch gun shop sold rifles online to accused shooter

Christchurch gun shop sold rifles online to accused shooter

Christchurch gun shop sold rifles online to accused shooter

By / Politics / Monday, 18 March 2019 03:51

A Christchurch gun shop on Monday acknowledged selling guns online to the 28-year-old white supremacist accused of killing 50 people in mosque shootings that have upturned New Zealand’s reputation as among the world’s most tolerant and safe nations.

At a news conference, Gun City owner David Tipple said the store sold four guns and ammunition to Brenton Harrison Tarrant through a “police-verified online mail order process.”

The store “detected nothing extraordinary,” about the purchaser, he said.

 

Read more at Associated Press News.

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