Editing Brenton Tarrant (section)

=== '''Prior to March 15th, 2019''' ===
Brenton Tarrant was born on October 27, 1990. He has a fascination with computers and spent a lot of time on them, according to accounts. At school, Tarrant was sometimes harassed because he used to be overweight, but he combated this by getting into weight lifting. Some time, Brenton Tarrant became obsessed with history, prominently in wars involving Muslims. Using finances from being a personal trainer<ref>[https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-03-15/christchurch-shooting-brenton-tarrant-what-we-know/10904744 Christchurch shooter Brenton Tarrant was a personal trainer in Grafton], ''ABC News''</ref> and cryptocurrency investments, Brenton Tarrant traveled the world, visiting former Yugoslav republics, France, Turkey, Pakistan, India, Nepal, North Korea, and allegedly Russia along the way. 

With his hatred of Muslims, he had eventually started planning his attack around two years prior. Tarrant moved to New Zealand in 2017 for the sole purpose of his upcoming attack, and went to a gun club for practice and lived in an apartment for housing. His neighbors described him as "bizarrely quiet". Tarrant chose the location of his attack roughly 3 months in advance.<ref>[https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/hiding-in-plain-sight-in-quiet-new-zealand-city-alleged-gunman-plotted-carnage/2019/03/21/1846de9e-4a7b-11e9-8cfc-2c5d0999c21e_story.html ‘Hiding in plain sight’: In quiet New Zealand city, alleged gunman plotted carnage], ''The Washington Post''</ref>