Two dozen victims and family members told the court about the pain of losing husbands, wives, sons and brothers.

He faces life imprisonment, with the judge having some discretion in deciding how many years he must serve before becoming eligible for parole.

The shooter pleaded guilty earlier this year to 51 charges of murder, 40 charges of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act.

A second officer was hospitalized with serious leg injuries, while a bystander hit by the suspect's car was in hospital with minor injuries.

He says he doesn’t want to keep working at the kebab shop he ran with a business partner at the time of the attack and is now trying to sell his stake.

But the IIO found no evidence to back up the RCMP's initial report the man was yelling racial slurs and disturbing the vigil.

A grieving Canadian woman is focusing on the memories she shared with her Australian fiance before he was murdered Friday in a seemingly random attack, police said Monday.

In a statement on Sunday morning, New Zealand Police said they are are searching for forensic evidence in Waikato.

There was no indication that Friday's blast had any wider security implications.

Philip Arps had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of distributing the video, which was livestreamed on Facebook by a gunman on March 15 as he began killing 51 people at two mosques.