Isis-inspired terrorist stabs six shoppers at Auckland supermarket before being shot dead.

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Auckland mall attack: Isis-inspired terrorist stabs six shoppers at New Lynn Countdown supermarket before being shot dead by police; Jacinda Ardern labels attack 'despicable'

The man who stabbed six innocent supermarket shoppers today in a terrorist attack - before being shot dead by police - was an "Isis-inspired known threat" who was under "constant police surveillance", says Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Police were following the man after he left home and walked into the New Lynn Countdown this afternoon - before he took a knife from a shelf, and carried out the attack.

Three of the six shoppers are in a critical condition in hospital.

"This was a violent attack on innocent New Zealanders, it was senseless," said Ardern. "It was undertaken by an individual who was a known threat."

The man was under watch because of his extremist views and sympathies with Isis. "The terrorist is a Sri Lankan national who arrived in 2011," Ardern said.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said the man was "closely watched by surveillance teams and a strategic tactical team" as he travelled from his home in Glen Eden to Countdown in New Lynn this afternoon.

He was shot and killed by police within 60 seconds of picking up the knife and starting the attack.

"The reality is when you are surveilling someone on a 24-hour basis it is not possible to be immediately next to them," Coster said.

"I want to acknowledge the six New Zealanders injured," Ardern said.


Ardern said there was information about him is covered by court suppression orders, she said.

But the Herald has previously reported the case of the man - a known Isis sympathiser whom the police had previously arrested for allegedly planning a "lone wolf" knife attack.

"We have utilised every legal and surveillance power available to us to keep people safe from this individual," Ardern said, adding the man became a person of interest in 2016.

There would be multiple inquiries following today's terror attack, Ardern said, those by the IPCA and coroner.

"What happened today was despicable, it was hateful it was wrong. It was carried out by an individual, not a faith, not a culture, not an ethnicity, but an individual person who is gripped by an ideology that is not supported here by anyone."

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckla...RUP2C5Q4AE6CE/

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it's good that rat is now dead, too bad they did not torture him before.

how the fuck did such troglodytes get to NZ

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There are a fairly large number of south asians, both Indian and Sri Lankans in NZ. Good people mostly. Usually the worst they do is underpay their own people or try dodging taxes. And they’re really bad at that, underestimating the tenacity of the IRD

Anyhow, he was shot dead quickly so was obviously still being watched closely.

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These people have too many rights. He should have been deported in 2016 when he became a person of interest.

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These people have too many rights. He should have been deported in 2016 when he became a person of interest.

He was in the news recently after successfully evading charges relating to planning a terrorist event, from memory. But you’re right. Australia has got it right with its deportation policy. The NZ govt moans about how inhumane it is, yet clearly, no one would be injured tonight if he had been shown the door.