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		</div><p>New Zealand police have filed a terrorism charge against the man accused of killing 51 people at two Christchurch mosques.</p>
<p>Officers have charged 28-year-old Australian Brenton Tarrant with engaging in a terrorist act after the March 15 shootings.</p>
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<p>The charge comes with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and will be a test case for New Zealand’s terrorism laws, which came into force in 2002.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Police have met with victim’s families and survivors of the March 15 Christchurch attack to inform them of new charges which have been filed, and update them on the ongoing Police investigation plus the court process to come &#8211; <a href="https://t.co/Q20m7EAgJS">https://t.co/Q20m7EAgJS</a> <a href="https://t.co/490zx2LMQv">pic.twitter.com/490zx2LMQv</a></p>
<p>&mdash; New Zealand Police (@nzpolice) <a href="https://twitter.com/nzpolice/status/1130715736136007680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 21, 2019</a></p></blockquote>
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<p>Police have also charged Tarrant with an additional count of murder, bringing the total number of murder charges against him to 51.</p>
<p>That came after a Turkish man who was wounded in the attack died earlier this month in Christchurch Hospital.</p>
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<p>Police told families and survivors of the new charges at a meeting attended by more than 200 people.</p>
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