Killer awarded what he deserves

"Your crimes are so wicked that even if you are detained until you die, it will not exhaust the requirements of punishment." This is what a New Zealand judge told Brenton Tarant, a white supremacist, who skilled 51 Muslim devotees during mosque shootings in Christchurch last year. Shown no mercy for his inhuman crime, the killer will have to serve life in jail without parole.

This is the first of such sentence in New Zealand's history. Following hatred expressed by politicians and people alike to the acts of mass killing, the court delivered a judgement which was necessary. Justice is something that brings confidence, harmony and peace in people's mind.

Mohammad Sohel Hara

Bonosree, Dhaka

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