AUCKLAND. A man was killed by police after assaulting and injuring several people in a supermarket in New Lynn, a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. According to Cnn, the injured are at least six, including three in serious condition. New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described what happened as a “terrorist attack”. Pointing out that the man was a Sri Lankan citizen, inspired by the Islamic State group and well known to the nation’s security agencies, for this reason he was monitored 24 hours a day. But he explained that, by law, the man is not he could be kept in prison.
Imposing the deployment of law enforcement agencies. LynnMall supermarket has indicated that the matter is now in the hands of the police and will continue to provide them with full assistance. It is unclear whether the man was armed with a gun.
Similar bloody events are very rare in New Zealand: the average is 3.5 fatal shootings per year, in the decade 2007-2017. Auckland is in a rigorous lockdown to fight a coronavirus outbreak, so most businesses are closed and people are generally only able to leave the house for grocery shopping, medical needs, or exercise. A video shot by a passer-by inside the supermarket records the sound of ten shots being fired in rapid succession.