New Zealand attacker shot dead after wounding at least six

Police in New Zealand shot and killed a violent extremist after he stabbed and wounded at least six people in an Auckland supermarket.

Prime Minister of New Zealand, Jacinda Ardern, described the event as a terrorist attack by a Sri Lankan national who was under police surveillance.

Ardern said in a press that the man, had arrived in New Zealand in October 2011 and became a person of national security interest in 2016.

Ardern added that the man was inspired by the Islamic State terrorist group noting that name and identity of the attacker will not be released till further notice.

Police commissioner Andrew Coster says, police successfully killed the attacker within 60 seconds of his attack.

Local report says out of the six patients taken to hospital, three are critical, one is in a serious condition and two are in moderate condition.