New Zealand shooting: man shot dead by police after ‘terrorist attack’ in Auckland that injured six

Jacinda Ardern says attack was carried out by a violent extremist' who followed Islamic State ideology and was being monitored by police

An attack at a New Zealand supermarket was a terrorist attack" by a violent extremist" who follows Islamic State ideology and who had been under heavy surveillance by police, prime minister Jacinda Ardern has said.

A man was shot dead on Friday afternoon by police after entering a West Auckland supermarket and stabbing at least six people, who are now in hospital.