The man is being charged with 50 murder counts and 39 counts of attempted murder. Arps has also previously appeared in a 2016 video in which he delivered pigs’ heads to one of the mosques targeted in the attacks, which was widely distributed among neo-Nazi circles.Ī 28-year-old Australian man has been charged with carrying out the attacks against worshippers at al Noor moque and Linwood Islamic Center in Christchurch, New Zealand, in which 50 people were killed. According to the New York Post, the logo of Arps’ business is a sunwheel (also known as a sonnenrad), an ancient European symbol that has been used by neo-Nazis as a reference to Aryan or Norse heritage. The 18-year-old suspect is accused of sharing livestreamed footage of the attack, as well as a still image of one of the mosques targeted with the caption “target acquired.” Both he and Arps were denied bail.Īrps is the owner of an insulation company called Beneficial Insulation.
(The other four suspects are not currently in custody, and their names are currently being withheld by officials.) Philip Arps, 44, and an unnamed suspect, 18, appeared in court on Monday in front of a New Zealand judge. They’re being charged with supplying or distributing objectionable material, which carries a maximum sentence of 14 years in prison. New Zealand police have charged six people with illegally redistributing live-streamed videos and images of the March 15th shootings at Christchurch mosques.
