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Terrorist attack in New Zealand: “violent extremist” stabbed supermarket, says PM Jacinda Ardern | World news

By Lisa Wilkerson
September 4, 2021
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A man, inspired by ISIS ideology, who stabbed at least six people in a supermarket was a “violent extremist” known to police, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said.

The man was shot dead by police within 60 seconds of the start of his attack on a Countdown store in Auckland.

The man was a Sri Lankan national and lived in New Zealand since 2011.

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New Zealand PM denounces “known threat”

“A violent extremist carried out a terrorist attack against innocent New Zealanders”, Jacinda Ardern said Friday in a briefing.

The man cannot be named due to a removal order currently in effect.

He had been known to several agencies since 2016, with Ms Ardern confirming that she was personally aware of the individual – adding that she was sorry to hear what had happened.

She said: “He was someone who was known to our national security agencies and was of concern and was constantly monitored. There are very few who fall into this category.”

Police following the man believed he had gone to the New Lynn supermarket to shop, but he pulled out what one witness described as a large knife and started stabbing people.

New Zealand, Auckland attack - Police at the scene
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The perpetrator was known to the police

“There is someone here with a knife… he has a knife,” we heard in a video posted online after the attack.

Another recorded the sound of ten shots fired in rapid succession.

Police officer stands outside Auckland supermarket - New Zealand authorities said on Friday they shot a violent extremist after he walked into a supermarket and stabbed and injured several shoppers.  Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called the incident a terrorist attack.  PIC: New Zealand Herald / AP
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Injured woman taken from supermarket following attack

“We were doing absolutely everything we could to watch him and the fact that we were able to intervene so quickly, in about 60 seconds, shows how closely we are watching him,” said Police Commissioner Andrew Coster.

Described as a “lone wolf”, Ms Ardern said the attacker was a “supporter of ISIS” and inspired by extremist ideology.

The man was not allowed to be kept in prison by law, she said.

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Of the six injured, three were in critical condition, one in serious condition and another in moderate condition, the St. John Ambulance Service said in a statement to Reuters.

Ms Ardern said any reaction against the Muslim community “would be false” and said the attacker “is the one responsible, no one else”.

“What happened today was despicable, it was heinous, it was wrong. It was achieved by an individual, not by a faith,” she added.

Security in the country will remain at an average level.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addresses a press conference following the terrorist attack on an Auckland supermarket at the parliament in Wellington, New Zealand on Friday, September 3, 2021. New Zealand authorities Zeeland women say they shot dead a violent extremist after he walked into a supermarket and stabbed him and injured six shoppers.  Ardern described Friday's incident as a terrorist attack.  (Robert Kitchin / Pool Photo via AP)
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Jacinda Ardern said she knew the perpetrator personally. Photo: AP

New Zealand has been on high alert for attacks since a white supremacist gunman killed 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch city on March 15, 2019. In May, four people were stabbed in a supermarket in Dunedin on the South Island of New Zealand.

Auckland is strictly on lockdown as it battles a coronavirus outbreak. Most businesses are closed, and people are generally only allowed to leave their homes for groceries, medical needs, or exercise.


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