(Radio NZ) Ahamed Samsudeen’s friends called him the “lone wolf” attacker and knew he was under heavy surveillance, an Auckland bar owner claims.
Eight people were injured at Countdown in LynnMall last September before Ahamed Samsudeen was shot dead by police who were following him.
The anniversary of the attack was this month.
An official report into agencies’ handling of Samsudeen is due soon, looking at measures the police, corrections and intelligence services took in the five years after he emerged as a potential threat to national security.
Brendan Barry, who runs Outside Obie in the Auckland suburb of Mount Eden, said Samsudeen was with two or three others who visited occasionally to play the pokies.
