ISIS-Inspired Terror Attack Strikes New Zealand

Stand for Israel  |  September 3, 2021

Police Respond To Mass Stabbing Incident In West Auckland
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND - SEPTEMBER 03: Police guard the area around Countdown LynnMall after a violent extremist took out a terrorist attack stabbing six people before being shot by police on September 03, 2021 in Auckland, New Zealand. A man has been killed by police after injuring multiple people in a mass stabbing incident at LynnMall supermarket in West Auckland. Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern has addressed the country describing the attack as violent and senseless. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

Islamist terror once again struck the global community, this time in the country of New Zealand. Newsweek’s Jack Dutton reports on the stabbing at an Auckland supermarket, inspired by the Islamic State (ISIS), which left six people injured before police stopped the terrorist:

Multiple people in New Zealand were stabbed in a terrorist attack on Friday, according to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

A man, inspired by Islamic State ideology, entered a Countdown supermarket in Lynn Mall, New Lynn, Auckland, on Friday and stabbed and wounded at least six people. Police shot and killed the suspect within 60 seconds of starting the attack, Ardern said.

Dramatic social media footage shows shoppers fleeing out the mall for their lives, moments after the terrorist began their attack.

“A violent extremist undertook a terrorist attack on innocent New Zealanders,” Ardern told a press briefing on Friday…

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