Tracing the trajectory of the Christchurch terrorist
He's been treated as a lone actor. His manifesto shared online minutes before the massacre disguised his connections to far right/white extremists. And at the New Zealand Royal Commission he convinced investigators that he had minimal online presence.
But other investigators, academics and anti-fascist researchers here and in New Zealand have questioned this.
Journalist Joey Watson argues that by unpicking the disguised interactions the terrorist had online leading up to the mosque attacks, and following his movements in Europe, that we should not be seeing this Australian terrorist as a lone actor.
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