New Zealand: ISIS Supporter Stabs 6 People In Auckland Supermarket, Is Shot Dead By Police

On September 3, New Zealand police shot dead an Islamic State-inspired attacker. The attacker injured six people in a supermarket knife rampage. This comes despite round-the-clock surveillance by undercover officers. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the man, who arrived in New Zealand in 2011, entered a shopping mall in suburban Auckland, seized a knife from a display and then went on a stabbing spree. In the 60 seconds before surveillance officers opened fire, six people were wounded, of which three were critically injured. Terrified people ran for the exits. “What happened today was despicable, it was hateful, it was wrong," said Ardern. Andrew Coster, Police Commissioner said there was no further known threat to the society.

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