Armed police patrol the area around Countdown LynnMall after a mass stabbing incident in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)
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UPDATED 6:04 PM PT – Sunday, September 5, 2021
Knives and scissors have been removed from supermarket shelves in New Zealand after a recent stabbing attack. Supermarket chain Countdown said on Saturday, a partial “knife control” would be in effect for several weeks to prevent stabbing attacks going forward.
This decision came after a Sri Lankan national injured six people at a Countdown location in Auckland last Friday. Authorities said the attacker was inspired by the Islamic State to carry out the attack.
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The left-wing cabinet of Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has admitted loose immigration enforcement allowed the attacker to live in New Zealand.
“My understanding is that in the process of investigation into the terrorist, it was discovered that some of the documents that he had used in order to get his refugee status looked to have been fabricated,” explained Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson. “It was on the basis that Immigration New Zealand began to look into his refugee status.”
Several other supermarket chains also removed knives from their shelves over the weekend. It remains unclear when this self-imposed “knife control” would end.
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