Editing Brenton Tarrant (section)

== Trivia ==
* In his manifesto, Tarrant mentioned that his original plan was to assassinate Sadiq Khan, the mayor of London.<ref>[https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/new-zealand-shooting-alleged-killer-called-for-attack-on-invader-sadiq-khan-6hpxw5k6w New Zealand shooting: Brenton Tarrant targeted ‘invader’ Sadiq Khan in manifesto], ''The Times''</ref> 
* He mentioned in his manifesto that Spyro 3 was an inspiration for his twisted views and Fortnite inspired him to be violent, as a sarcastic response to the possible question of if video games influenced him, taking advantage of the media's (especially American) pavlovian response to mass shootings since Columbine by blaming video games for influencing the perpetrator into carrying out the attack. It is worth noting that Tarrant himself was inspired by [[Eric Harris]].
* 2 years before the shootings, he sent a death threat to an Australian man who was a criticizing a far-right group; "I hope one day you [[William Luther Pierce|meet the rope]]." The man went to the police station with a copy of the conversation and alerted the police that Tarrant could be dangerous, but the police just told the man to block Tarrant.<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-04-10/brenton-tarrant-alleged-christchurch-shooter-sent-death-threat/10952876 Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant sent death threat two years before attack], ''ABC News''</ref>
* There is a movie based on the shooting that's currently in the works. The movie's title will be called "Hello Brother", named after the last words of the first victim in the shootings. It will be directed by Egyptian director Moez Masoud.
* Tarrant was also doing what he perceived as revenge for the death of Ebba Akerlund, an 11 year old Swedish girl who was killed in the Stockholm truck attack.
* Apart from "Karadzic, Lead Your Serbs", and The British Grenadiers' Song, Tarrant also played a remix of "Grün ist unser Fallschirm" by Grüne Teufel, "Fire" by Arthur Brown, and "Gas Gas Gas" by Manuel.
** Brenton Tarrant intended to burn down the mosque and play "Fire" with it, but abandoned the plan and fled the scene.
* When sirens were heard on the livestream, Brenton Tarrant, in a mumbled voice, can be heard comparing the scenario to ''Need for Speed''.
* Several 4chan users used face recognition technology on a picture of Tarrant's face, and it resulted in a man from Russia.
** The man was wearing a Puma jacket and can be seen hanging out with a few girls. Many people have mistaken him for Tarrant, including news outlets, but it is ''not'' him.