Who is Brenton Tarrant? Dhaka Tribune

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Christchurch mosque gunman Brenton Tarrant worked as a personal trainer at Big River gym in the northern New South Wales city of Grafton, reported ABC. Big River Squash and Fitness Centre Manager Tracey Gray confirmed the man who filmed the attack and streamed it online was Tarrant. She said he worked at the gym after he finished school in 2009 until 2011, when he left to go travelling overseas in Asia and in Europe. "He was a very dedicated personal trainer," Ms Gray said. "He worked in our program that offered free training to kids in the community, and he was very passionate about that." Ms Gray said Tarrant did not strike her as someone who had an interest in firearms. "I think something must have changed in him during the years he spent travelling overseas," she said.

Tarrant said he worked for a short time before making some money from Bitconnect, a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin, then used the money to fund his travels. Tarrant is known to have visited Europe, South Asia, South-East Asia and east Asia. His travels also took him to North Korea, where he was photographed in a tour group visiting the Samjiyon Grand Monument. The Sydney Morning Herald reported that the 28-year-old attended Grafton High School before getting his qualifications in fitness. Last year, a message on Facebook from Mr Tarrant spoke of a trip to Pakistan, "an incredible place filled with the most earnest, kind hearted and hospitable people in the world". "The beauty of hunza and nagar valley in autumn cannot be beat," he wrote.

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