Writes about this The Sydney Morning Herald.

It is noted that the attacker was from Sri Lanka.

He has been in the field of vision of the intelligence services since 2016.

“He was clearly a supporter of the ideology of IS *,” said Ardern.

Earlier it became known that as a result of the attack of an unknown person with a knife on the visitors of the supermarket, six people were injured, three are in serious condition.

* "Islamic State" (IS) - the organization was recognized as terrorist by the decision of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation of December 29, 2014.