Photo: Supplied via NZ HeraldThe Islamic State supporter who stabbed at least five shoppers in an Auckland supermarket before being shot dead can now be identified. His uncertain immigration status was also the reason why the terrorist could not be identified until 11pm Saturday night, when it was lifted by a High Court judge, as anyone claiming refugee status cannot be identified by law. A key strategy during the ascendancy and peak of Islamic State was using social media to radicalise those in Western countries. The High Court judge also had no choice in granting a name suppression order to prevent Samsudeen from being identified. On May 26, he was found guilty by a jury of possessing propaganda-style material supportive of Islamic State.

Source: Otago Daily Times September 04, 2021 11:15 UTC