(Radio NZ) Security services briefings show the LynnMall attacker was highly likely to carry out a terrorist attack in New Zealand only if he was prevented from leaving the country.
They show Ahamed Samsudeen believed he had been set up and that a Syrian friend suggested he post material on Facebook.
The 32-year-old stabbed shoppers at the Countdown supermarket last September, before being shot dead by police who were following him. Eight people were injured in the attack.
SIS briefings released under the Official Information Act show assessments that it was “highly likely Mohamed Samsudeen would only consider undertaking a domestic terrorist attack in New Zealand if he believed he would be unable to fulfil his intention to reach Syria and die as a martyr.”
