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A witness has described the harrowing moment a man began a frenzied, Islamic State-inspired knife attack in west Auckland.
Six people were injured at New Lynn Countdown on Friday afternoon, including three critically, after a Sri Lankan national apparently took a knife off one of the shelves and began stabbing people, before being shot dead by police just a minute later.
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Kiwis are reacting in shock after a lone man carried out a terrorist attack in Auckland on Friday afternoon.
The terror attack unfolded just after 2:40pm, when the man entered Countdown LynnMall in the suburb of New Lynn and grabbed a knife - before stabbing multiple people. Within minutes, he was shot dead by intelligence teams who were closely following him.
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Read more: Auckland terror attack: New Zealand reacts in shock to New Lynn stabbing
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/09/auckland-terror-attack-new-zealand-reacts-in-shock-to-new-lynn-stabbing.html
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It's too soon to pop the bubbly but a COVID-modeller says we're passing the peak of this outbreak.
And the good news doesn't stop there if we stay the course of this lockdown data shows we could even be in single digits by the end of next week.
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Read more: COVID modeller says NZ could see single-digit new cases next week if we stick to rules
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The Crown previously tried to use anti-terror laws against the Isis sympathiser shot dead by police following a knife attack at a West Auckland supermarket – but it was turned down by the courts.
The man was facing charges of possessing a hunting knife and possessing objectionable publications that included Isis videos of extreme violence, and the Crown sought to also have him charged under the Terror Suppression Act, claiming he was planning a “knife attack”.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300399197/why-supermarket-terror-attacker-wasnt-charged-under-terror-laws-despite-being-on-watchlist
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The Prime Minister has confirmed the man being Friday’s terrorist attack in Auckland, who was shot dead by police after stabbing six people in a supermarket, was a violent extremist known to police.
Witnesses described scenes of mass hysteria as several people were attacked before the assailant was shot during the incident at Countdown, Lynn Mall, New Lynn, on Friday afternoon.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/300399168/prime-minister-says-auckland-knife-terrorist-was-violent-extremist-under-heavy-surveillance
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Well isn't this article from 2011 interesting...
https://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/5269049/Key-accused-of-scaremongering
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Police have shot and killed a man who entered a west Auckland supermarket and injured multiple people on Friday afternoon.
The incident occurred at the LynnMall Countdown.
It's not yet known how many people are injured, but police say they will provide further information as soon as it is available.
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A third student is being investigated by police after she flew out of Covid-hit Auckland without permission – further emphasising the possibility numerous other rule breakers might have exploited lax airport security and slipped out of the city during lockdown.
The Te Herenga Waka–Victoria University student travelled to Wellington on Wednesday afternoon, just hours before changes to security at Auckland Airport were announced.
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Read more: Auckland in third lockdown breach in five days
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126269976/police-investigating-after-student-flies-from-auckland-in-third-lockdown-breach-in-five-days
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These people that say they don't know the rules are fucken liars... and should be charged with Bio-terrorism. An example needs to be made instead of what they currently get... "don't do it again.."
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A spokesman for the Taliban has admitted there may not be any women in high positions when it forms a new government in Afghanistan.
The militant group, which seized the country two weeks ago, is expected to arrange its new government in the next two days, according to the deputy head of its political office in Qatar, Sher Abbas Stanekzai.
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Read more: Taliban spokesman says there 'may not' be any women in top government posts
- Article: https://news.yahoo.com/taliban-women-new-government-sher-abbas-stanekzai-152248357.html
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