In that attack, a shooter killed 51 Muslim worshippers at two Christchurch mosques during Friday prayers. New Zealand has tight gun laws, imposed in 2019 after the country’s worst mass shooting prompted a sea change in attitudes toward guns. It ended with an historic win for the home team, its first in a World Cup game. More than 40,000 people, including the prime minister, attended - the largest crowd to ever watch a soccer match in New Zealand. New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins said the shooting was an isolated act, and the FIFA tournament opened as scheduled Thursday night with a game between the home team and Norway.
“I think it would be counterproductive and actually set you down the wrong path.”
“I do not want to send a young man like you, with a limited history, to prison,” the judge said in his sentencing notes.
