Rot In Hell: New Zealand police kill ‘terrorist’ after he stabs 6 people

[Sugar Cookie]

New Zealand authorities were so worried about an Islamic extremist they were following him around-the-clock and were able to shoot and kill him within 60 seconds of him unleashing a frenzied knife attack that wounded six people Friday at an Auckland supermarket.

Three of the shoppers were taken to Auckland hospitals in critical condition, police said. Another was in serious condition, while two more were in moderate condition.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the incident was a terror attack. She said the man was a Sri Lankan national who was inspired by the Islamic State group and was well known to the nation’s security agencies.

Ardern said she had been personally briefed on the man in the past but there had been no legal reason for him to be detained.

“Had he done something that would have allowed us to put him into prison, he would have been in prison,” Ardern said.

The attack unfolded at about 2:40 p.m. at a Countdown supermarket in New Zealand’s largest city.

Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said a police surveillance team and a specialist tactics group had followed the man from his home to the supermarket.

But while they had grave ongoing concerns about the man, they had no particular reason to think he was planning an attack on Friday, Coster said. The man appeared to be going into the store to do his grocery shopping as he had in the past.

“He entered the store, as he had done before. He obtained a knife from within the store,” Coster said. “Surveillance teams were as close as they possibly could be to monitor his activity.”

Coster said that when the commotion started, two police from the special tactics group rushed over. He said the man charged at the officers with the knife and so they shot and killed him.

One bystander video taken from inside the supermarket records the sound of 10 shots being fired in rapid succession.

Coster said there would be questions about whether police could have reacted even quicker. He said that the man was very aware of the constant surveillance and they needed to be some distance from him for it to be effective.

New Zealand police kill ‘terrorist’ after he stabs 6 people

New Zealand police officers shot and killed a man who injured several people in an apparent attack at an Auckland mall supermarket, according to local reports.

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[Brillig]

Glad he's dead. Good job, Kiwi Cops. Less than 60 seconds! That's almost as good as that American guy who took out a shooter in his church within 15 seconds.

 

[cubby]

Coster said there would be questions about whether police could have reacted even quicker.

So different from the US. We'd still be arguing about whether or not he even needed following, meanwhile he goes about and does whatever he wants and then 5 years of litigation about why he'd been allowed free rein, or if he had been shot by police, there would have been 5 years of litigation to prove the police had shot him for no reason. I like New Zealand's way better, no muss no fuss, just get the job done and dusted.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

Authorities on Saturday identified the ISIS-sympathizing terrorist who stabbed at least five people in a New Zealand supermarket as a Kiwi-hating 32-year old refugee who reportedly listened to songs about “drinking the blood of disbelievers” — and was under 24/7 police surveillance after being released from prison two months before his rampage.

Sri Lanka born Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen arrived in the island nation in 2011 and was granted refugee status two years as a member of the Tamils, a minority group persecuted in Sri Lanka, according to the New Zealand Herald.

He was described as a “highly distressed and damaged young man” by a psychologist who examined him while investigating his claims for asylum, the Canterbury Star News reported.

Officials believe he was radicalized by online ISIS propaganda, and ranted online about his hatred for his adopted country, while posting support for ISIS –landing him on a terror watch list in 2016.

“One day I will go back to my country and I will find kiwi scums in my country … and I will show them … what will happen when you mess with S while I’m in their country. If you’re tough in your country … we are tougher in our country scums #payback,” Samsudeen, wrote on Facebook, The Sun reported.

Samsudeen had several brushes with the law, including in 2017, when he was busted at Auckland International Airport after booking a one-way ticket to Singapore, on the suspicion he was going to Syria to further his extremist views or training, the Herald reported.

At his Queen Street apartment, police discovered a disturbing trove of violent material including two dozen photos of him clutching a long-barreled air rifle with a telescopic lens and songs that were about “drinking the blood of disbelievers,” The Sun reported.

New Zealand stabbing suspect who threatened ‘kiwi scums’ online ID’d

Authorities on Saturday identified the ISIS-sympathizing terrorist who stabbed at least five people in a New Zealand supermarket as Sri Lanka born Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen.

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His ass should have been reported to Sri Lanka the minute they determined he was 'damaged"

 

[knockout]

Over react much?

New Zealand supermarkets take knives off shelves after 'extremist' stabbing

NEWZEALAND-ATTACK/ (PIX):New Zealand supermarkets take knives off shelves after 'extremist' stabbing

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[Doctor Slaughter]

Over react much?

New Zealand supermarkets take knives off shelves after 'extremist' stabbing

NEWZEALAND-ATTACK/ (PIX):New Zealand supermarkets take knives off shelves after 'extremist' stabbing

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Expect a lot more of it, its all by design.