Authorities on Saturday identified the ISIS-sympathizing terrorist who stabbed at least five people in a New Zealand supermarket as a Kiwi-hating 32-year old refugee who reportedly listened to songs about “drinking the blood of disbelievers” — and was under 24/7 police surveillance after being released from prison two months before his rampage.
Sri Lanka born Ahamed Aathil Mohamed Samsudeen arrived in the island nation in 2011 and was granted refugee status two years as a member of the Tamils, a minority group persecuted in Sri Lanka, according to the New Zealand Herald.
He was described as a “highly distressed and damaged young man” by a psychologist who examined him while investigating his claims for asylum, the Canterbury Star News reported.
Officials believe he was radicalized by online ISIS propaganda, and ranted online about his hatred for his adopted country, while posting support for ISIS –landing him on a terror watch list in 2016.
“One day I will go back to my country and I will find kiwi scums in my country … and I will show them … what will happen when you mess with S while I’m in their country. If you’re tough in your country … we are tougher in our country scums #payback,” Samsudeen, wrote on Facebook, The Sun reported.
Samsudeen had several brushes with the law, including in 2017, when he was busted at Auckland International Airport after booking a one-way ticket to Singapore, on the suspicion he was going to Syria to further his extremist views or training, the Herald reported.
At his Queen Street apartment, police discovered a disturbing trove of violent material including two dozen photos of him clutching a long-barreled air rifle with a telescopic lens and songs that were about “drinking the blood of disbelievers,” The Sun reported.
Prosecutors initially accused him of panning a “lone wolf” terror attack, the BBC reported.
He was denied bail because of the risk he posed, and spent a year in jail, released after he pleaded down to lesser charges, including the possession of “restricted” materials.
He was busted again in 2018 for buying a knife while on bail, and was slapped with new charges when cops found , after authorities found more extremist materials in his home. He remained locked up until July.
Since his release, he had been under around-the-clock police surveillance– sometimes with up to 30 officers on his tail, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern told reporters at a Friday press conference.
Meanwhile, immigration officials began the process of booting Samsudeen in 2018, and his case was still pending when he carried out his sick Friday attack in the New Lynn Countdown in Auckland.
“He entered the store, as he had done before. He obtained a knife from within the store,” Police Commissioner Coster said. “Surveillance teams were as close as they possibly could be to monitor his activity.”
Special Tactics Group officers fatally shot him within 60 seconds, but not before he had stabbed at least five people. Five of his six victims had stab wounds, and three are in critical condition.
“We have utilized every legal and surveillance power available to us to keep people safe from this individual,” said Ardern — who has not yet explained why one of the most dangerous extremist’s in her country was not deported.
The High Court’s decision to name him runs contrary to New Zealand law, which protects those claiming refugee status from being identified. The court in this case cited significant public interest in the case, according to the Herald.
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