New Zealand Man Jailed for Sharing Video of Mass Shooting

Philip Neville Arps, left, appears for sentencing in the Christchurch District Court, in Christchurch, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The Christchurch businessman who shared a video of worshippers being slaughtered at a New Zealand mosque has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. John Kirk-Anderson/Pool/AP

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—A Christchurch businessman who shared a video of worshippers being slaughtered at a New Zealand mosque was sentenced on June 18 to 21 months in prison.

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