Extreme right’s ‘poisonous rhetoric invades mainstream’

The “poisonous rhetoric” of the extreme right has successfully crept into the mainstream and bolstered the beliefs of people like Christchurch terrorist Brenton Harrison Tarrant, an Irish expert has said.

Dr Orla Lynch said the attacks on two mosques in the New Zealand city, claiming the lives of 50 people, including children, was not an “isolated event”, but part of a rise in far-right killings and extremism.