'ISIS-inspired Extremist' Shot Dead By New Zealand Police After He Stabs 6 At Supermarket

ABC News: New Zealand police shoot dead 'ISIS-inspired extremist' after he stabs 6 at supermarket

The attacker had been a "person of interest" since 2016, police said.

New Zealand is reeling from a knife-wielding rampage at a busy Auckland supermarket that left six fighting for their lives and the assailant dead.

Authorities have called it a terror attack. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern confirmed that the man behind Friday's terrorist attack in Auckland, who was shot dead by police after he stabbed six people in a supermarket, was inspired by ideologies of the Islamic State militant group.

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More News On Today's Terror Attack In New Zealand

New Zealand PM Ardern says supermarket stabbing was 'terrorist attack' -- BBC

New Zealand police kill 'terrorist' after he stabs 6 people -- AP

ISIS supporter shot dead by New Zealand police after shoppers stabbed in 'terrorist attack' -- CNN

New Zealand authorities say Islamic terrorist stabbed 6 at supermarket; suspect dead -- FOX News

New Zealand attack raises uncomfortable questions about ability of authorities to keep terrorists off the street -- SKY News

Auckland terror attack eyewitness describes the moment they bravely confronted knifeman with a pole seconds before ISIS-inspired monster was shot dead by police -- Daily Mail