Efforts to plug gaps in terrorism legislation will be sped up, following Friday’s attack in West Auckland. The mother of the LynnMall attacker says he was brainwashed by neighbours from the Middle East. His mother, Ismail Fareeda, has told a TV channel in Sri Lanka that neighbours from Syria and Iraq radicalised Aathil Samsudeen when he was injured in a fall in 2016. 1 NEWS A total of seven people were injured in the attack at the Countdown in LynnMall, West Auckland. Police shot dead the attacker after he stabbed six people inside Countdown in LynnMall on Friday.

Source: Stuff September 05, 2021 00:00 UTC