He burst in with his knife. Surprises for stabbing buyers in New Zealand

In the aftermath of the attack perpetrated by a young thirty-something in a store in New Zealand, the official authorities revealed surprising information about him.

Today, Saturday, he announced that the aggressor, whose operation was inspired by the ideology of the Islamic State, was called Ahmed Athel Muhammad Shamsuddin, of Sri Lankan origin, and he has 32 years.

3 years imprisonment

However, the surprise was that the New Zealand authorities jailed him for 3 years earlier, accused of adopting the ideas of the terrorist organization, after arresting him with a hunting knife and extremist video clips. .

However, despite serious fears that he might attack the others, she released him, realizing that there was nothing she could do to keep him behind bars.

From the scene of the attack in Auckland, New Zealand (archive – Reuters)

Follow it for 53 days

However, for 53 days, starting in July, police tracked the man’s movements, in an operation that involved around 30 police officers working around the clock.

However, police fears were confirmed on Friday when a “lone wolf” entered a store in Auckland, took a kitchen knife from a shelf and stabbed six people, three of whom were seriously injured.

As the undercover police were outside observing Shamsuddin, they immediately moved when they saw shoppers running around and heard screaming, shooting him and killing him within two minutes of his start. attack.

New Zealand

The attack highlights loopholes in New Zealand’s counterterrorism laws, which focus too much on punitive and insufficient measures to deal with plots before they are executed, according to several experts, according to the Associated Press.