The High Court in Christchurch hears the mosque shooter committed his attacks because he wanted to instil fear in the Muslim community. Chris Skelton/Stuff March 15 survivors and their families prepare to enter the High Court in Christchurch. But the phrase “the banality of evil” comes to mind because many will have had the same reaction when they saw the gunman in court that Cohen had about Eichmann. “If you have done anything, you have brought the world community close with your evil actions,” Fouda said to him. He told the gunman, the court and the media that “New Zealand is seen by the world as a model of compassion, love and harmony”.

Source: Stuff August 24, 2020 17:01 UTC