Redneck to murderer: rise of far right new challenge for Australia
The murder of 50 people at Christchurch mosques allegedly by an Australian man has shone the spotlight on the rise of nationalists.
As a shocked world mourned the anti-Muslim massacre of 50 people in Christchurch allegedly at the hands of a NSW-born gunman, one of the poster children for Australia's far-right movement, Neil Erikson, went into damage control.
While repeatedly professing not to condone the bloody attack on two mosques, Erikson suggested it was "karma" for Muslims for "beheading, attacking, raping and pillaging white Christians across the world".
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