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3rd September 2021
08:52am BST

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern described the event on Friday as a "terrorist attack" by a Sri Lankan national who was under police surveillance. She said the man, who was killed within 60 seconds of launching his stabbing spree, was inspired by the so-called Islamic State group.
"What happened today was despicable, it was hateful it was wrong," Ardern said in a press conference on Friday afternoon.
"It was carried out by an individual, not a faith."
She added that she was "absolutely gutted" to hear about the attack.
One witness told news website Stuff NZ that the supermarket was a scene of hysteria during the attack. Videos on social media show panicked shoppers running out of the supermarket before the sound of gunshots could be heard.
"[People were] running out, hysterically, just screaming, yelling, scared," the witness said, adding that he saw an elderly man lying on the ground with a stab wound.
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