'Extremist' shot dead after stabbing six people in Auckland terror attack

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'Extremist' shot dead after stabbing six people in Auckland terror attack
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In a press conference NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed the attacker was a 'violent extremist' terror sympathiser who had been known to authorities since 2016. 9News

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she is "absolutely gutted" after a Sri Lankan immigrant who was known to local authorities injured six people in an "extremist" terror attack at an Auckland shopping centre this afternoon.

He was under heavy surveillance by specialist tactical officers due to his extremist views, and it was them who shot him dead.Once inside, he got hold of a knife and approached officers who later shot him. Witnesses described scenes of mass hysteria as several people were attacked before the assailant was shot.Tim, who did not want his last name used, said he saw an elderly man lying on the ground with a stab wound to his abdomen." running out, hysterically, just screaming, yelling, scared," Tim said.Another witness, Brittany Denyer, was about to park to enter the Countdown when she said police officers ran up to her and told her to "hurry up and evacuate immediately".

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