Suspected ISIS Terrorist shot dead in New Zealand after stabbing six people

 

New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern

On Friday, the New Zealand Police encountered a man after he stabbed nearly six people in an Auckland supermarket.

"Police have located the man and he has been shot. He has died at the scene" said the police reports.

While the local authorities described it as a random attack and not something related to terrorism, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern termed it as a "terrorist attack".

• "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. He alone carries the responsibility of this attack" said Ardern.

When asked about the man's motivation, she said "it was a violent ideology and ISIS- inspired".

The man entered the shopping mall in the suburban of Auckland and seized a knife and went  on a stabbing spree. Six people were wounded with three in critical condition. All this happened within 60 seconds, as the man was shot dead in open fire by officers.

The attacker is said to be from Sri Lanka who had been in New Zealand for 10 years since 2011.