“Make ready for them all that you can of force and of warhorses, so that by them you may strike terror in the enemy of Allah and your enemy, and others beside them whom you do not know.” (Qur’an 8:60)
“Auckland supermarket attacker searched for ‘enemies of Allah,’” The Australian, September 6, 2021:
The Islamic State-inspired terrorist who stabbed seven people at an Auckland supermarket searched online for “safety and security guidelines for lone wolf mujaheddin”, days after buying a hunting knife.
The news website Stuff reported that the searches were revealed in a court document relating to Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen released on Monday.
The revelation on Monday followed the lifting late on Saturday of a suppression order that showed Samsudeen, shot dead by following police two minutes after he launched his attack on Friday, was served a deportation notice in April 2019 after his refugee status was revoked.
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said it was “frustrating” he was allowed to stay free while the legal process dragged on.
Stuff reported that the judgment released on Monday, from judge Geoffrey Venning, shows Samsudeen and a friend visited Target Shooter in Auckland in August 2018. He asked to look at a 25cm hunting knife displayed in a shop cabinet. Samsudeen checked the blade before placing the knife in its sheath and handing it back to the shopkeeper.
“He said he did not want to take the knife at that time because, as a dark man, people might think he was a bad person,” the judgment said.
Samsudeen had owned the same model of knife the year before but it was seized by police. In the days following his purchase, Samsudeen made a series of internet searches including “Islamic state dress”; “Enemies of Allah”; “ISIS allegiance”; and “Heroes of the Islamic state”. He also searched for: “Safety and security guidelines for lone wolf mujaheddin”.
Samsudeen also looked at a number of video clips online, some of which provided “instruction on the use of the knife and footage of attempted decapitation using a hunting knife”….
Wellington says
Frustrating? Really? Frustrating?
Oh, Christ Almighty, the West truly is now presently led overwhelmingly by idiots.
john smith says
Spot on Wellington, the west is led overwhelmingly by idiots. There was a glimmer of hope when Trump was president, but they had to snuff that glimmer out.
mortimer says
What a nice photo of Ahamed Aathill Mohamed Samsudeen posing with a long-range scope hunting rifle which could be used as a terrific SNIPER rifle.
Just observing what I see.
Wellington says
Yes, mortimer, just an observation and nothing more.
And God forbid any Islamophobia could be read into your comment. Perish the thought.
gravenimage says
New Zealand: Muslim migrant who stabbed six searched for ‘enemies of Allah’
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There was *so much* evidence against this Jihadist–but NZ courts insanely ruled that police could not act until he actually became violent. Thank goodness police had been surveilling him and took him out immediately–otherwise there almost certainly woud have been a lot of dead victims.
At least it look as though this is going to change:
“New Zealand to criminalize terror attack planning after mall stabbing”
https://www.axios.com/new-zealand-criminalize-attack-planning-mall-stabbing-803b1c4d-35fe-4d77-9eab-4a5a0c6da725.html
Giacomo Latta says
I sense there is no law in NZ forbidding a deportee to take firearms lessons while under police surveillance.