 According to the Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz, in March 2019 the Austrian government considered dissolving the IBÖ because its leader Martin Sellner had received a donation of 1,500 euros from Brenton Harrison Tarrant, the Australia-born perpetrator of the Christchurch mosque shootings at Al Noor Mosque and Linwood Islamic Centre in Christchurch, New Zealand, that left 51 dead and injured 50 more.Austria's minister of the interior Herbert Kickl however stated that the suspect in the Christchurch terror attacks had no personal contacts with right-wing groups or individuals in Austria.However it was later revealed that Martin Sellner had exchanged emails with Brenton Harrison Tarrant between January 2018 and July 2018 with one asking if they could meet up for coffee or beer in Vienna (Austria's national capital) and another where Sellner sent Tarrant a link to his English language YouTube channel something was confirmed by the former but denied ever meeting the latter in person or knowing of his plans.