An update about the New Zealand knifeman.
Quote:New Zealand knifeman who attacked seven people before police shot him dead can finally be named after judgeArchived Daily Mail Archive:
scraps gagging order for Sri Lankan refugee who had to be released from prison by powerless authorities
*Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen, 32, named as ISIS-supporting terrorist behind attack on Friday
*Police commissioner said he was either 'very clever' or just 'opportunistic' - adding that we will 'never know'
*Countdown and other stores removed knives and scissors from shelves Saturday in response to the attack
*Seven people were injured - including three critically - after five were stabbed and two others injured
*Customers frantically ran inside a nearby pharmacy as police swarmed the shopping centre and shot him
*The man had warned on social media that he wanted to return to Sri Lanka to hunt 'Kiwi scum' in the country
Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen
'The ISIS-supporting terrorist who went on a stabbing rampage in New Zealand Friday has been named as
Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen. The 32-year-old Sri Lankan refugee was shot dead after stabbing five
people and injuring two others during an attack at the Countdown supermarket in New Lynn in west Auckland.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said he was considered one of the nation's most dangerous extremists and had
been watched 24/7 since 2016, adding she was 'gutted' he was able to carry out the attack despite being on the
terror watchlist.
Countdown and other stores removed knives and scissors from shelves Saturday in response to the attack -while
Police Commissioner Andrew Coster defended the action of officers, who took out Samsudeen within a minute of
him launching his assault.
It came as it was revealed terror police tasked with keeping the 'highly paranoid' suspect under 24-hour surveillance
did not follow him into the supermarket where he launched his attack out of fear of being spotted. Five of the victims
in hospital received knife wounds while one suffered a dislocated shoulder and is now recovering at home.
Three of the hospitalised are in a critical condition.
The victims are made up of four women aged 29, 43, 60 and 66, and three men aged 53, 57 and 77.
The Islamist's identity had been shielded under New Zealand's stringent privacy laws after a High Court judge ruled
the knifeman's family must have at least 24 hours 'to seek a suppression order' - which ran out at 9pm local time.
Authorities revealed Samsudeen moved to the New Zealand in October 2011 and was granted refugee status two
years later - which authorities sought to revoke in 2018 following terror-related convictions.
However Samsudeen appealed and a final decision on whether he should be deported had yet to be made, reported
the New Zealand Herald. Despite fears he had been planning a terror attack, courts previously ruled he could only be
convicted of lesser charges of possessing ISIS propaganda, resulting in a reduced jail sentence - despite police
knowing he was 'extremely dangerous' and 'very likely to carry out an attack'.
Samsudeen previously posted a warning to 'Kiwi scums' on social media after receiving a formal warning from police
over his disturbing internet searches and purchases.
'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,' he wrote.
He landed himself on the terror watchlist in 2016 after twice buying hunting knives and being found to possess Islamic
State propaganda videos. After receiving an official warning from police over his internet search history and purchases,
Samsudeen continued to consume extremist content online.
In May 2017, he was arrested at Auckland International Airport after booking a one-way ticket to Singapore.
A subsequent search of his apartment uncovered weapons and images of him posing with an air rifle and hunting knife.
He was held in custody without bail for more than a year and eventually pleaded guilty to distributing restricted material.
A High Court judge sentenced him to supervision in 2018 because of the amount of time he had already spent in prison.
The day after he walked free from prison in 2018, Samsudeen purchased yet another hunting knife. He was arrested again,
but was not prosecuted under the liberal country's terrorism laws, which police, politicians and judicial officials have long
criticised are not fit for purpose...'
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