Families confront New Zealand mosque shooter at sentencing

Family members of victims of the mosque attacks are seen outside the High Court on the first day of gunman Brenton Tarrant's sentencing in Christchurch. Photo: AAP Image/Martin Hunter via Reuters

Families and survivors had their first chance to confront the white supremacist who slaughtered 51 worshippers in a mass shooting at two New Zealand mosques as his four-day sentencing hearing began Monday.

"You killed your own humanity, and I don’t think the world will forgive you for your horrible crime, ” said a tearful Maysoon Salama, the mother of 33-year-old Atta Elayyan, who was killed in March 2019 attacks. "You thought you can break us. You failed miserably.”