New Zealand 'Supermarket Terrorist' Identity Revealed... IS Follower

Police officers are guarding around a supermarket in West Auckland, New Zealand, where a stabbing terror attack occurred on the 3rd.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Gwan-joo] The identity of an extremist armed militant and Islamic State (IS) follower who injured seven people with a bladed weapon in New Zealand and was shot dead at the scene has been revealed.

According to major foreign media on the 4th (local time), New Zealand authorities disclosed the identity of Sri Lankan Ahmed Athil Mohamed Samsudin (32). Samsudin wielded a bladed weapon at a supermarket in Auckland around 2:40 p.m. the previous day, injuring seven people, three of whom were in critical condition. It was confirmed that Samsudin had been released from prison 53 days before the incident.

He became a surveillance target of the police after posting content supporting terrorism and extremism on social networking services (SNS) in 2016. Later, in 2018, he was caught attempting to purchase a knife, and IS-related videos found in his home led to his imprisonment.

Due to concerns that he might commit terrorism after his release, the New Zealand government tried to apply additional charges against him through anti-terrorism laws in July, but the court ruled that the videos in question did not contain scenes related to murder and recognized them as content about martyrdom, releasing him with a one-year probation order.

The local police continued surveillance on Samsudin with a team of 30 officers. Police who captured the crime scene during surveillance shot him dead within 60 seconds of the attack at the scene.

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