Iran Press/ Asia: According to Reuters, New Zealand supermarket group Countdown said on Saturday it has removed knives and scissors from its shelves, a day after a man the authorities called an Islamist extremist stabbed six people in one of the company's stores.
Police fired multiple gunshots in a supermarket in West Auckland, New Zealand, killing an attacker who injured six people with a knife in an extremist terror attack.
The attacker lied on the ground inside Countdown in LynnMall, New Lynn, blood on the floor and shoppers in panic, on Friday afternoon.
Six patients have been taken to hospitals across Auckland. Three are in a critical condition, one is in a serious condition and two are in a moderate condition.
He was under heavy surveillance by specialist tactical officers due to his extremist views, and it was them who shot him dead.
In a press conference alongside Police Commissioner Andrew Coster, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed the attacker was an extremist terror sympathizer who had been known to authorities since 2016.
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.
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