New Zealand police shoot man dead after
supermarket stabbing incident
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Police in New Zealand have shot dead a man after he entered an Auckland supermarket and stabbed multiple people.
Local reports say four people were injured, with witnesses describing a scene of hysteria.
One witness told news outlet Stuff NZ that he saw an elderly man lying on the ground with a stab wound.
Videos online show panicked shoppers running out of the Countdown supermarket at LynnMall in New Lynn.
"Police can confirm that a man has entered a New Lynn supermarket and injured multiple people," local police said in a statement.
"Police have located the man and he has been shot. He has died at the scene. This incident is still unfolding at this time."
One witness, identified only as Tim, said it was a scene of mass hysteria with several people being attacked before the assailant was shot.
"[People were] running out, hysterically, just screaming, yelling, scared," he told Stuff NZ.
Man shot dead by police, six injured,
after stabbings at Auckland's LynnMall Countdown
George Block and Torika Tokalau16:56, Sep 03 2021
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300384 ... -countdown
Dramatic video has captured the moment police fired multiple gunshots in a West Auckland supermarket - killing an attacker who injured six people with a knife.
The video shows a man lying on the ground inside Countdown in LynnMall, New Lynn, blood on the floor and shoppers in panic, on Friday afternoon.
Moments later a volley of shots rings out - seemingly the moment police took down the man.
Six patients have been taken to hospitals across Auckland. Three are in a critical condition, one is in a serious condition and two are in a moderate condition. The prime minister has been briefed and will give a media briefing with Police Commission Andrew Coster at 5.15pm.
